Goldman Sachs
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Stonegate, the UK pub owner, raised just over £1.2bn-equivalent on Friday to partly refinance £2.73bn worth of acquisition facilities used to acquire competitor Ei.
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Wordline, the French payments company, has returned to the equity-linked market to sell a new five-year €600m convertible bond at a negative yield.
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Sino Biopharmaceutical’s chief executive Tse Ping has sold a portion of his stake in the company for the second time this year, pocketing HK$3.15bn ($406.4m) but causing the stock price to tumble in the secondary market.
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The World Bank impressed with its first benchmark transaction of its new fiscal year this week as it received solid demand despite pricing tightly to match the spread it paid for a five year deal before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ukraine returned to the international bond market on Thursday to issue the Reg S/144A 12 year bond that it pulled just weeks ago when its central bank governor resigned right after it was priced.
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The European Stability Mechanism is likely to use its funding window scheduled for next week to issue a dollar benchmark, according to SSA bankers.
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Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) saw a window to market an additional tier one (AT1) bond on Wednesday, ahead of its second quarter earnings disclosure. It is looking to use the debt to boost its regulatory capital ratios.
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World Bank scored an impressive result with the first dollar benchmark of its new fiscal year as it priced at the joint-tightest level versus mid-swaps for a five year deal in the currency since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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World Bank mandated banks on Monday to lead its first dollar benchmark transaction of its 2020/21 financial year, which could be priced tighter versus mid-swaps than any other five year dollar trade since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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CPPIB Capital mandated banks on Friday for its third dollar benchmark this year as it looks to jump on the back of a strong reception for Canadian and Japanese borrowers in the currency this week.
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