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First Abu Dhabi Bank signalled its intention to tap the sterling bond market on Monday, announcing investor calls for a short dated offering. -
The IPO of Calisen Group, the UK operator of smart meters, is due to be priced at 240p a share according to final messages from boorkunners, slightly below the midpoint of the 225p-265p initial range, valuing the company at £1.29bn.
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PetroVietnam Gas (PV Gas) is in talks with banks about its syndication plan for a nine year loan.
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Greek banks looking to bring new bonds will do well to follow Alpha Bank’s example, when on Thursday it sold its inaugural tier two bond. Backed by thorough investor work and supportive market conditions, the Greek lender’s new bond exceeded yield and demand expectations.
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Demand for Quebec’s latest green bond was high with investors pouring into the C$500m ($376.2m) no-grow deal, leading to the books closing after only 20 minutes.
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LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the French luxury goods group, and Comcast, the US telecoms company, brought the European corporate bond market’s two biggest multi-tranche issues of the year on Wednesday, each hitting sterling and euros and blasting aside fears around coronavirus epidemic’s economic impact. LVMH raised €9.33bn, and Comcast €4.6bn.
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Volkswagen Financial Services and United Utilities Water hit the sterling bond market this week to print £650m of debt. Issuers are finding a warm reception in the currency, despite the UK having left the European Union last Friday.
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Bahrain Steel to lock in better conditions in refi — Saudi sparks life into local loan mart — Cranfield University soft-sounds private placement market — Golding Homes looks to add hundreds of houses with £120m facility — Great Portland brings ESG loans to UK Reits
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Alpha Bank was more than 10 times subscribed on its debut in the tier two market on Thursday, allowing the speculative grade Greek lender to tighten its pricing by up to 100bp and land at an impressive coupon level of 4.25%.
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Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) signed a $426.5m-equivalent loan with a consortium of local lenders. The deal comes after a disappointing year for international lenders, who were dismayed at the lower than expected volumes of Saudi Arabian activity.
