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China deepened its dollar debt curve on Tuesday with a $6bn jumbo bond. With its biggest dollar deal yet, the sovereign has set a new benchmark for issuers from the country. -
Investors showered a debut dollar deal from Uzpromstroybank with orders on Monday, with the order book for the $300m bond peaking at $1.2bn. But despite the success for the privatisation candidate, government officials are hoping that future Uzbek bond issuance will favour local currencies.
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Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, has launched a $3.5bn three year loan into syndication, after closing an amendment and extension of an old borrowing.
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German family-owned tissue and toilet paper manufacturer Wepa is marketing €550m of senior secured notes with an intention to extend maturities and slash interest expenses. It is following a number of other double-B issuers in to the market.
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France’s LVMH has agreed to buy jeweller Tiffany & Co. for around $16.2bn, with Bernard Arnault’s luxury goods group having to up its offer to $135 a share.
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Uzpromstroybank, the BB-/BB- rated bank that is majority owned by the Uzbek government, had racked up more than $800m of orders by lunchtime on Monday for its five year dollar bond.
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The People's Republic of China is planning to raise around $6bn from its return to the dollar bond market on Tuesday.
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Fidelity National Information Services, the US financial software company, returned to the euro and sterling bond markets with a second multi-tranche deal in six months to raise €2.6bn-equivalent of debt on Thursday, though it printed fewer tranches than the market was expecting.
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The Kingdom of Morocco moved from roadshow to deal execution on Thursday with a 12 year bond that looked set for tight pricing.
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Financial institutions bond bankers expect that new deal flow will come to a standstill in the primary market at the end of next week, as investors close the lid on an agreeable year for returns.
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Alibaba Group Holding pulled off the year’s largest IPO this week, raising HK$88bn ($11.2bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing. The company has given the stock exchange a much needed boost in morale, while signalling to other foreign-listed Chinese companies that they can come home. Jonathan Breen reports.
