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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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Saudi Aramco’s $85bn of orders amassed before US investors even had the chance to buy makes a mockery of the idea that regulation has stopped the inflation of investor orders in bookbuilding.
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Finablr, the Abu Dhabi-based cross-border currency and financial technology holding company which owns Travelex, has filed initial paperwork ahead of announcing an intention to list on the London Stock Exchange. -
Highly structured bonds backed by loans to airlines in which Abu Dhabi state airline Etihad holds a stake suffered another blow on Monday, as Jet Airways became the third obligation backing the bonds to default. Debt to Alitalia and Air Berlin, also affiliates of Etihad, already defaulted in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
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Arrangers of Reliance Industries’ debut Schuldschein have sent investors a statement saying that demand “considerably exceeds the initial volume” target of €150m. The success of the transaction came as a surprise to some of the arrangers’ competitors, but is considered a good sign for the market.
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Network International, the Dubai-based payment company, closes books on its IPO on Tuesday and has set what it feels is a generous range for investors, with a view to trading up when it is admitted to the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
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China has in the past used panda bears for political gestures, loaning the rare creatures to countries with which it wants to forge ties. The bond market named after them looks similarly endangered, while deals priced there are also nothing more than international relations votives.
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