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JAB Holdings and Prosus have hired banks to run bond issues, adding to the barrage of corporate deals in the works before Europe's summer break. -
Royal Bank of Canada has sold the third Canadian covered bond in sterling this year, landing its £1.25bn deal at a spread identical to those of its two peers. Meanwhile, Münchener Hypothekenbank is set to join the sterling spree in the coming days with the first fixed rate covered bond in the currency since 2018.
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Westpac New Zealand attracted plenty of demand on its rare trip to the senior euro market this week, printing its €750m deal flat to fair value.
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A succession of debut labelled deals are filling the FIG pipeline as issuers look to make use of the last window ahead of the summer break. ESG bonds from SpareBank 1 SR-Bank and Banco BPM are set to join the already mandated Banca Popolare di Sondrio and Arion Bank in the market later this week.
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Only HSBC and RBC Capital Markets are underwriting Fortress’s £9.5bn bid to take UK supermarket chain Morrisons private, while only Morgan Stanley is advising Apollo on its potential rival bid. This leaves plenty of scope for other banks to team up with sponsors to make rival offers.
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The IPO of Al Yah Satellite Communications Co, the Abu Dhabi satellite company, is covered throughout the initial price range, on a 30% deal size, according to sources close to the deal.
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The Emirate of Sharjah is returning to the international bond market just months after its last visit, but this time marketing a sukuk that will place it among the ranks of major emerging market issuers — both sovereign and corporate — to have raised cash at competitive levels recently with the Sharia-compliant instrument.
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Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group, a Chinese state-owned company, has returned to the loan market after three years for a sustainability-linked facility.
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Prada, the Italian fashion house, has completed an amend and extend operation on its main bank revolving credit facility. Lenders say similar deals will make up the bulk of their business for the rest of the year.
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Credit Suisse has hired a new head of debt capital markets for Australia.
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A senior debt capital markets banker at HSBC in Hong Kong is moving to Barclays, GlobalCapital Asia has learnt.
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