Intesa Sanpaolo
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Publicis Groupe's $3.5bn loan for its acquisition of Sapient, the marketing and consulting company, is near closing, according to a banker working on the deal. A syndicate of relationship banks has been invited. -
Investment banking profits look poor at the two big Italian banks, UniCredit and Intesa’s investment bank Banca IMI.
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Pirelli, the Italian tyre producer, launched its first bond for two years on Thursday, and its first in euros since February 2011, and achieved a tremendous blowout, with a book of well over €5bn before reconciliation.
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Pirelli, the Italian tyre producer, launched its first bond for two years today, and its first in euros since February 2011, and achieved a tremendous blowout, with a book of well over €5bn before reconciliation.
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Rights and shares in Societa Cattolica di Assicurazione, the Italian insurance company, began trading separately today for the first time.
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Asset managers Tikehau IM and Emisys have provided a six year €14.2m unitranche bond facility for the acquisition by a group of investors led by LBO Italia of GF SpA, a manufacturer of automated filling machines for the pharmaceutical industry. It is the first time such a debt structure has been used for this type of deal in Italy, people involved said.
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FGA Capital, the car finance arm of Fiat, returned to the bond market on Monday for its third bond of the year.
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The subordinated debt market for European financials was back in full swing with four deals out on Monday morning boosted by the European Central Bank's policy decisions made last week.
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British cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco has secured financing for its $7.1bn acquisition of brands from Reynolds American, and refinanced its existing revolving credit facilities.
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Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica has signed a €2.2bn revolving credit facility, €200m smaller than the 2010 facility being refinanced.
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Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica has signed a €2.2bn revolving credit facility, €200m smaller than the 2010 facility being refinanced.
