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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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  • After opening the Panda bond market in the mid-2000s, International Financial Corporation (IFC) has been absent from the asset class for over a decade. But Jingdong Hua, treasurer at IFC, told GlobalRMB that this could change — if China lets the issuer use its own accounting standard again.
  • Keppel DC Reit opened books on Monday morning for an accelerated bookbuild worth S$303.1m ($227.6m), as it seeks equity funding to pay for an acquisition.
  • Shares in Vivo Energy, the African fuel distributor, rose more than 3% on its first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, after its £558m IPO attracted substantial demand.
  • This week, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, which is pushing companies to disclose how they are addressing climate change risk and opportunity, launched an online Knowledge Hub to help firms comply.
  • Sri Lanka has received proposals from four different groups of banks for its latest offshore borrowing of up to $1bn.
  • Zhongsheng Group Holdings has raised HK$3.9bn ($500m) from a 2023 convertible bond. It plans to use the proceeds to buy back its debut CB, executing a deal with a rare structure, according to a source close to the transaction.