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Republic of Cyprus is on track to price a rare combined syndication and switch offer. The deal will allow Cyprus to tidy up the short end of its curve while issuing a fresh 10 year note. -
A supranational issuer has nipped in to mandate for a dollar deal before a meeting of the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee later this week.
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There were no new issues in the European FIG market on Monday, but bankers are optimistic that bank capital could return this week.
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Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co started to test investor appetite for its IPO of around $100m on Monday, with bookbuilding expected to kick off in early November.
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Tele Columbus, the German cable company that floated in January for €510m, has begun a four-for-five rights issue to raise €382.7m to finance two acquisitions.
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Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co is set to pre-market its $100m Hong Kong IPO on October 26, with investor education slated to run for about two weeks before bookbuilding starts.
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China Huarong Asset Management pulled off a HK$17.83bn ($2.30bn) IPO on October 22, pricing one of Hong Kong’s largest listings this year just a few cents off the bottom of the initial range. But the price tag has sparked debate among bankers, with some saying the issuer was pushing its luck.
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US cruise ship operator Carnival Corp has announced that it will roadshow for a potential bond offering that would mark its return to the euro market after a nine year hiatus.
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European corporates have hit the market with a series of long dated private medium term notes, following a burst of MTN trades last week.
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Equity block trade activity has picked up this week, after a six day lull, with a rash of trades helped by a stable stockmarket. On Thursday night, two trades were launched, after a buoyant afternoon for stocks since Mario Draghi, European Central Bank president, raised hopes of further monetary easing at a press conference.
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The Middle East debt market reopened at last this week with two solid sukuk prints. But the twin benchmarks are unlikely to help bankers figure out how the market will hold up when supply starts in earnest.
