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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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  • China-based Mobvista plans to launch its Hong Kong IPO on Thursday, halving the target size to $200m-equivalent, according to a source close to the situation.
  • Ecopetrol, the Colombian state oil company, said on Wednesday that it would redeem a $1.5bn bond maturing in 2019 with cash and confirmed that next year’s $3.5bn-$4bn investment programme would be self-financed. Colombia continues to provide slim pickings for bond markets.
  • Bondholders of Brazilian mining group Vale have taken the chance to decrease their exposure to the rapidly deleveraging company with relish, as investors holding over $3.8bn of paper attempted to participate in a tender offer capped at $1bn.
  • Semen Indonesia has launched senior syndication for a $1.28bn loan that will be used to buy the local operations of rival LafargeHolcim.
  • In this year’s last Clawback, columnist Philippe Espinasse has his say on corporate governance standards in Hong Kong-listed companies.
  • Mercuria Energy Group bagged a bigger-than-expected $1.35bn from its latest annual revolver in Asia, after 36 banks joined the deal.