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On and off conflict has failed to deter money from flowing into EM bond funds
It's 'the most obvious add-value seat on a desk right now'
The country is unlikely to issue new dollar bonds in the near future despite a big rally in yields
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) raised $1.64bn from the sale of exchangeable bonds and shares in Adnoc Distribution, its listed fuel distribution subsidiary, having attracted a “massive” amount of demand from investors, according to a source close to the deal. -
Kintor Pharmaceutical raised HK$1.17bn ($151m) on Wednesday from a top-up share placement, while a co-founder simultaneously trimmed his stake in the company.
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Senegal and Cameroon mandated banks this week to bring them back to the debt capital markets. Despite wide uncertainty about African sovereign debt restructuring, market participants said credit conditions were conducive to issuance.
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The Shanghai Stock Exchange scrapped a record 26 corporate ABS deal applications this week. They included Rmb18bn ($2.82bn) of deals from Ant Group’s two consumer lending units — seven months after the company’s landmark IPO was suspended. Addison Gong reports.
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Silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers raised $1bn this week from its debut in the equity-linked market, selling the largest convertible bond from a Taiwanese issuer in more than a decade.
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Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, which tapped the loan market for a $7.2bn bridge loan last year to acquire retail giant Tesco’s Asia business, is now seeking covenant waivers on the fundraising. The move — which bankers say is triggered in part by CP’s plan to offload some of its newly-gained stake in Tesco — has hurt lenders’ confidence in the Thai conglomerate and raised questions around its strategy. Pan Yue reports.
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