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The loan market is weighing up the consequences of the disappearance and plausible murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist who had criticised the regime.
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Investors could not get enough of Korea Expressway Corp’s (KEC) dollar bonds on Monday, as it closed its deal more than 12 times oversubscribed. -
Slovenia will brave volatile markets to privatise Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), the country’s largest bank, before an end of year deadline set by the European Commission.
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Innovent Biologics launched its Hong Kong IPO on Monday to raise HK$3.3bn ($422.2m), with over 60% of the shares already sold to a large contingent of cornerstone investors — many of them double-dippers.
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The People’s Republic of China, acting through its Ministry of Finance (MoF), priced a $3bn return to the international bond market, pushing out its maturity profile to 30 years. But a weaker backdrop meant that the order book was not as strong as its dollar trade last year.
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Qingdao Haier has set final price guidance for its D-share IPO. The Chinese white goods maker is eyeing proceeds of up to €397.5m from a smaller than expected debut for the asset class.
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Thailand Future Fund hit screens on Friday, with a set of cornerstone investors looking to help get its Bt44.7bn ($1.4bn) IPO across the line.
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Ireland this week added its name to the growing list of sovereign green bond issuers, achieving one of its main goals as it diversified its investor base. A debut French agency issuer joined the sovereign on Wednesday, printing its first ever deal — which also came from the first ever Green Euro Medium Term Note programme.
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Conagra Brands became the biggest high-grade casualty of market volatility when it pulled a multi-billion M&A financing on Thursday.
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One of Europe’s major electricity producers, Portugal’s EDP, sold its first green bond on Tuesday, aligning its fundraising with the company’s green principles. Meanwhile, Dutch airport owner and operator Royal Schiphol Group announced plans for its debut green bond. Both followed French vehicle leasing company ALD’s inaugural green bond.
