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Investors have lots of cash and are eager for new issuance
Investors are keen for new bonds and better rated borrowers may not want to issue in numbers
2026's lead in issuance over 2025 has shrunk since the US-Iran war broke out
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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, a pan-African banking group, is the only CEEMEA issuer to have publicly progressed with bond plans this week, setting the roadshow for its debut dollar bond. A syndicate official on the deal said that lead managers are confident of demand, but a rival questioned whether a single-B rated sub-Saharan issuer could reopen the market. -
Asia’s bond market suffered prolonged bouts of volatility in the first half of the year. Bankers, credit analysts and asset managers are trying to shake off the disappointments in both the primary and secondary markets, but the signs are not good. Addison Gong reports.
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Companies in both China and India have to find their way through regulatory labyrinths to gain approval to sell offshore bonds. But although both countries have overbearing, occasionally irrational, regulators, they differ in one key respect.
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India’s HDFC Bank and Yes Bank won approval this week to go ahead with their billion-dollar fundraising plans. A number of methods are on the table, including qualified institutional placements (QIPs).
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Wise Talent Information Technology, owner of recruitment website Liepin.com, has opened books for its up to HK$3.1bn ($398.1m) Hong Kong IPO.
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It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when I see young minds eager to get into investment banking (they obviously have no idea what they are letting themselves in for, but still). Even so, what often takes me by surprise is how multi-talented some of them are.
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