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Stricter financial disclosure rules, a corruption scandal and a global equity market selloff derailed what should have been a big year for South Korean IPOs last year, leading to three of the biggest transactions being postponed. There are reasons for hope, but the country must overcome some serious structural challenges. Aidan Gregory reports -
LeasePlan refinanced the high yield bonds at its holding company this week, printing one of the largest holdco FRNs in the market — and confirming the sponsors’ shift in strategy since the firm’s abortive IPO attempt last October.
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Vodafone launched and priced on Thursday a $2bn hybrid capital issue, to gain some more equity credit in the eyes of the rating agencies. The deal follows Moody’s decision on Monday to give no equity credit to Vodafone’s £3.4bn mandatorily convertible bond, issued on March 5.
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European bourses have often been shunned by technology firms eager instead to find a home in supposedly more sector-friendly New York. But following a raft of payments tech IPOs, the announcement this week that South Africa's Naspers will list its international assets — including its $100bn Tencent stake — in Amsterdam is the biggest statement yet that views are starting to change. Sam Kerr reports.
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Shares in Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, fell as much as 4.5% on Thursday after reports that it is considering raising fresh equity capital to finance its potential merger with Commerzbank, two years after its last €8bn rights issue.
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The French bank is continuing to execute its plan to become Europe’s leading corporate finance house, despite headwinds and looming consolidation, writes David Rothnie.
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