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◆ Gulf private placements bite back ◆ Bond new issue premiums rise ◆ CLOs catch a break
Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war
Private bonds are now being offered in the open market wider than where public deals trade
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Dar Al-Arkan, a Saudi Arabia-based real estate developer, raised $600m on Wednesday with a February 2025 sukuk, defying market volatility to offer little in the way of new issue premium. -
The US’s announcement this week that it was putting a whole host of Chinese companies on its blacklist for alleged involvement in human rights abuses is set to hit some of them hard. One of the victims is artificial intelligence (AI) leader Megvii Technology, which has been working on a billion-dollar Hong Kong IPO that will now be a challenge. Jonathan Breen reports.
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Stocks listed on Shanghai’s new Star market could soon be included in MSCI’s index if they meet requirements, the index provider said on Wednesday.
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It’s tough being a banker these days, and not just because the mouth-watering pay cheques and bonuses that came with the job have been gradually drying up.
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Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) sold an opportunistic $225m bond on Wednesday, becoming the first high yield Indonesian issuer in five months. The company offered investors a juicy premium, which was necessary to appease buyers burnt by turmoil around fellow textile company Duniatex.
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Moody’s is considering downgrading its Ba3 rating on the Government of Vietnam, in light of an alleged delay in payments on an obligation.
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