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Renault returned to the dim sum bond market on Wednesday, after making its debut in 2012 and a return visit in 2013. This time it brought a Rmb500m (€65m) three year issue.
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Burberry Group, the UK fashion house, has refinanced a £300m five year revolving credit facility.
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Big acquisition financing trades graced the dollar market ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday while Medtronic rounded off investor calls ahead of an anticipated $10bn M&A trade expected to come next week. All told, November has been the busiest month for US high grade supply — $87bn —since September 2013.
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ISS Global, the Danish cleaning and facility services company, has issued its first bond as an investment grade issuer after its IPO in March. The company priced a €700m 5.1 year and a €500m 10 year issue on Monday.
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Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp has raised HK$1.72bn ($222m) through a private placement of H-shares to a group of 10 investors, with the company’s sector of operation winning the favour of the market.
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Bond investors were out in force on November 25 as they sought to get a slice of Beijing Capital Land’s senior perpetual non call five dollar bond. An improving industry backdrop, good pricing and favourable structure all helped to propel the deal past the finishing line.
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China Development Bank’s financial arm of CDB Leasing failed to outshine on its comeback through a five year and ten year dual tranche offering on November 25 despite the status of the ultimate parent as the country’s biggest policy bank.
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Korea Eximbank was able to raise well over its minimum target amount on Tuesday with its inaugural bond in Canadian dollars, a currency that the issuer had been eager to print in for a long time.
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Spanish travel systems company Amadeus IT Holding priced a €400m three year bond on Tuesday. Demand was strong, with the no-grow transaction nearly six times oversubscribed.
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GlaxoSmithKline has returned to the euro bond market after a five year absence with a big double tranche transaction. The UK pharmaceuticals company priced €1.5bn of five year and €1bn of 10 year bonds on Tuesday.
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Beijing Capital Land, the real estate arm of Beijing Capital Group – a company owned by the Beijing provincial government - has launched a senior perpetual non call five dollar bond on November 25.
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Korea East-West Power Co (EWP) provided a strong end to what has been a mixed year for Korean credits, selling a $500m 5.5 year bond on November 24. Investors thronged to the quasi-sovereign, which benefits from favourable government policies, at one point helping the order book reach eight times subscribed.