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VRL Logistics’ Rp4.68bn ($75.20m) IPO in India has met with an enthusiastic response, after anchor investors signed up for their full 30% allocation at the maximum price and covered $22.56m of the book.
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Haitong International Securities has signed its latest loan at an increased size of HK$6bn ($774m), driven by strong demand from Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Korean banks.
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Formosa Plastics Group has priced a $1bn 10 year dollar bond, wrapping up a stylish return to the dollar bond market. The deal saw solid demand as investors didn’t want to miss a rare opportunity to get their hands on a Taiwanese credit.
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China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) made a successful debut in the international bond market on April 14 with a senior perpetual bond. Its rarity value, attractive pricing and great timing drew huge demand from investors, which allowed the issuer to achieve the lowest coupon for a senior dollar perp in Asia.
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Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) mandated six banks on Wednesday, April 15 to run its first outing to the dollar bond market in almost three years.
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Moy Park, the UK poultry producer owned by the Brazilian food group Marfrig, sold a tap of its £200m debut high yield bond at 98.501 to yield 6.55% on Tuesday.
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Abengoa, the Spanish engineering and renewable energy firm, on Thursday ticked the savings box with €375m of senior unsecured notes that achieved final terms below the 8.5% 2016 bond they are set to repay.
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Top Right, the UK information and events group owned by Apax, has allocated its £435m-equivalent refinancing loan with a small change to the deal’s dollar tranche.
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Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank has mandated Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley to arrange a tier one dollar bond.
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Malaysia’s RHB Capital has mooted an MR2.5bn ($687.81m) fundraising to help it meet Basel III and funding requirements. The bank is also proposing an extensive internal restructuring that will see it transfer its listing status to RHB Bank.
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China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) has opened books to its maiden deal in the international bond market, having chosen a rare senior perp structure for a debut issue.
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Formosa Plastics Group started taking orders for its return to the dollar as it opened books to a 10 year bond on Tuesday, April 14. Despite the crowded pipeline in the Asian bond market, bookbuilding has been smooth as the deal is driven by strong indications of interest.