JP Morgan
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Companies continued to find willing buyers in the US bond market this week, even as equity markets seesawed over the prospects of further economic stimulus. -
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Argenta Spaarbank, Belfius Bank and Jyske Bank took differing approaches to sell €500m no-grow senior bonds this week — Argenta offered a substantial new issue premium, while the latter pair pushed their pricing close to fair value.
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Europe’s investment grade corporate bond market saw trades from the Covid-19 rocked real estate sector on Thursday, with Immofinanz and Heimstaden Bostad attracting less demand than recent similarly rated trades.
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A pair of infrequent issuers, Belfius Bank and Jyske Bank, tapped a strong market on Thursday with a pair of senior deals. The conducive environment is expected to wane as banks enter blackout periods, and prospective deals will have to vie with volatility around the US presidential election.
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Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil company KazMunayGas raised a dollar bond on Wednesday, after what some investors described as a lengthy roadshow. KMG is the latest in a string of Kazakh borrowers that have come to capital markets over the last year to raise funding as investors develop an appetite for the central Asian country.
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Just Group was met with strong demand for a green tier two in the sterling market on Thursday, allowing it to set a coupon of 7% versus initial price thoughts in the 7.5% area.
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Southeast Asian bankers are enjoying a revival in primary equity raising, after three large deals were launched or set to be priced this week. Bankers are guardedly optimistic they can keep up the momentum. Jonathan Breen reports.
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Swiss biotechnology company Idorsia has begun marketing for a Sfr575m at-market rights offer to fund the commercialisation of its lead product candidate.
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The International Finance Corporation made a strong return to the sterling market on Tuesday by printing its biggest ever bond in the currency with a negative new issue concession, as issuance heats up thanks to an improvement in the cross currency basis swap for dollar and euro borrowers.
