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Swiss energy and commodities trader Mercuria is looking to raise $850m from a triple-tranche facility that was launched earlier this week. -
Geopolitical tensions around North Korea did not close the primary debt market this week, as Hyundai Motor Group’s US arm snapped up $1bn from a triple-tranche deal and Kookmin Bank priced a $500m trade on Monday.
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Puma Energy, the midstream and downstream oil company, has signed a five year loan that was oversubscribed by its relationship banks.
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September has seen a variety of issuers access the corporate bond market. From regular issuers to those who have not issued for over a decade, the consistent theme has been single digit new issue premiums for what one syndicate manager described as “manageable deal sizes.” Monday saw new issues in a similar vein.
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South Korean dollar bonds are hitting the market unabated despite a new missile launch from North Korea last Friday, with Hyundai Capital America and Kookmin Bank marketing new paper.
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A hundred investors managing $1.8tr of assets have signed a letter calling on banks to say more about how they are managing the risk of climate change, and to publish a strategy saying how they support the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Two high quality euro borrowers printed what may be among their last benchmarks of the year this week, squeezing new issue premiums flat to the curve as investors filled their boots.
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On Thursday RCI Banque, the financing arm of Renault, brought the corporate bond deal count to 10 for the week, but was the only benchmark issuer in the market on the day. Danish logistics company DSV debuted in euros with a sub-benchmark deal.
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UK telecoms group Virgin Media was in the market for a £200m add-on of its 2024 receivable financing notes on Monday. By Wednesday, it had sold £450m of the deal, proving that demand is not restricted to the high yield debt market for euros, where three more deals were under way.
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Russia’s Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) was making prudent use of lower funding costs on Thursday to buy back its more expensive outstanding dollar debt.
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The European Investment Bank raised €3bn with a December 2023 EARN on Wednesday, coming hot on the heels of Austria's €7.5bn dual tranche, but the flow of euro deals appears to be abating with no borrowers hitting screens for Thursday.
