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The postponed listing of the We Company, owner of office provider WeWork, shows that IPO investors are disciplined in their search for growth stories. Banks should recalibrate their relationships with private capital providers, says David Rothnie.

Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund, has offloaded a small part of its stake in Kazatomprom, the state-owned uranium mining company, via an accelerated bookbuild on Wednesday evening.

General Electric has announced the early bird results of a multibillion dollar and euro bond buyback and cut the offer period after a huge response from early deadline investors.

Russia’s State Transport Leasing Co, also known as GTLK, printed a $550m Reg S bond on Wednesday from a book of more than $1.3bn, with a surprisingly high proportion of US offshore demand.

Taqa, the Abu Dhabi National Energy Co, is in the market on Thursday for its first 30 year bond since 2006.

One of China’s largest oil companies, Cnooc came to the market with a $1.5bn dual-tranche deal, giving investors a chance to buy into a single-A rated state-owned name.

Investors’ hunt for yield worked in Road King Infrastructure’s favour, with its $480m bond eight times covered at the peak. Most accounts stayed in the trade despite its tight pricing.

GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Global Derivatives Awards. The winners were unveiled at a gala dinner at the Banking Hall in London on Wednesday night.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market maintained its steady flow of new issues on Wednesday, with Infineon Technologies heading into the euro market for a dual tranche hybrid, while BMW drove by in sterling and more names populated the pipeline.

The struggling carmaker issued $150m of senior secured notes in a private placement priced at steep 12%, hiking up its leverage ratio. S&P showed no mercy and instantly cut Aston Martin’s credit rating to CCC+ from B-, leaving the firm on outlook negative. The company is betting its future on the risky launch of a family-friendly luxury SUV.

Scatec Solar, a Norwegian solar power generator, raised Nkr1.3bn (€132m) of growth capital in a share sale on Tuesday evening amid rising investor demand for renewable energy assets in Europe.

Three borrowers from the Middle East came to market on Tuesday, raising a combined $3.35bn from five tranches across the curve. The deals come on top of a period of heavy supply, including Abu Dhabi’s $10bn triple trancher on Monday.