France
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Legrand, the French electrical fittings manufacturer, issued a €300m bond on Wednesday, carving out a successful trade in the face of frantic activity.
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Eurofins Scientific, the French laboratory testing company, tried and failed to raise €339m of new capital in an overnight block trade on Wednesday night, despite the very strong recent performance of its shares. -
Legrand, the French electrical fittings manufacturer, issued a €300m bond amid busy action on Wednesday, carving out its own success in the face of frantic activity.
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Air Liquide and Saipem loans show that bankers and borrowers are not yet slowing down as they seek to tie up remaining bumper deals they launched in a busy fourth quarter.
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Unédic and the Province of Quebec on Monday became the first issuers to print in euros since the European Central Bank disappointed market participants at a meeting of its governing council last week.
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Vivalto Santé, the French private health service provider, has announced €228m of loans for its leveraged buyout by Mubadala Development Co, the Abu Dhabi Government owned investment and development company.
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Agence France Locale printed its first bond denominated in dollars this week.
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The European Central Bank’s decision to include local and regional debt in its public sector purchase programme is set to ease one sub-sovereign’s path to becoming an annual visitor to the public markets, according to its head of funding.
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The French government sold €753.5m of shares in Safran, the French aerospace and defence group, on Monday night, in a block trade that was 1.6 times covered. But investors hoping to benefit from a favourable European Central Bank decision on Thursday were disappointed.
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FIG bankers rejoiced this week as two markets that have been much maligned this year — insurance capital and sterling senior — showed enduring appeal just in time for a year end funding grab.
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