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Dollars burst into life on Monday with Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and FMO opening books, as bankers away from the deals point to the ‘EIB effect’ in making the market too hot to resist. -
There has been no covered message sent on the IPO of Finablr, the financial holding company which owns Travelex, though the deal is set to close today, Monday May 13. The banks are still working hard to close the book on schedule.
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A hail of high yield and leveraged loan deals hit the European market this week, making it seem like investors and bankers were unaware of the angst permeating equity markets since President Donald Trump decided to up the ante in his trade poker game with China. Not every deal was a blowout, however — United Group priced its PIK note wide of guidance and Virgin Media failed to tighten.
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Belgian brewer Anheuser Busch InBev has taken the first step toward floating its Asia Pacific operations on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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European corporate bond investors showed they were hungry for paper on Thursday, despite the gloom infecting equity markets this week about the prospect of a restart to the China-US trade war. A flurry of issuers came to the market, hot from roadshows, and got plenty of over-subscription while slashing their spreads by 20bp to 30bp.
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Gold Fields, a South Africa-headquartered mining company, sold its $1bn dual tranche bond on Wednesday at a spread that looked historically tight to comparable issuer, AngloGold. It attracted $3bn of orders despite national elections on the same day.
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Two African borrowers are set to hit the road for dollar bonds, extending a run of deals from the continent after a slow start to the year.
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Chinese online tutorial platform GSX Techedu is seeking approval for an American Depository Shares (ADS) listing on Nasdaq, as fellow Chinese company DouYu waits for more stable market conditions before commencing pre-marketing for its own $500m ADS offering.
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The strength of corporate bond demand, after falls in stockmarkets engendered by the US's hardened stance on trade talks with China, will be tested in the US on Wednesday by a $20bn issue for IBM. In Europe, the test could come on Thursday, since a handful of issuers finished roadshows on Wednesday.
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The European Investment Bank enjoyed stellar demand for a $3bn five year deal on Wednesday, with lack of competing supply encouraging investors to turn out in droves, despite the skinny premium on offer.
