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US healthcare research firm Quintiles IMS launched a $3.065bn-equivalent term loan ‘B’ refinancing and add-on this week. By Thursday the firm had dropped the add-on however as its €850m eight year notes offering proved popular. -
Jeanswear maker Levi Strauss priced on Thursday a new refinancing deal in euros, having been absent from the European high yield bond market for seven years.
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US pharma research firm Quintiles IMS Holdings printed on Thursday a new €1.4bn high yield bond, proving that European high yield investors are embracing the train of US issuers printing in euros.
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Central Argentine province Córdoba sold $510m of 7.5 year bonds on Wednesday, using proceeds to refinance existing bonds and significantly lower its funding costs.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) picked a tricky week for its first euro syndication in many years but, thanks to the deal’s green aspect, the trade went off without a hitch.
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Spain rode out another volatile day in eurozone government bonds to finish up with a healthy €5bn of 15 year paper from an order book nearly treble that size.
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Bahrain has raised $600m with a re-opening of its 2028s, pulling in a $2.6bn book that bodes well for the slew of Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) sovereigns set to charge into the international bond markets this year.
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Bond buyers showed strong appetite for Russian Railways’ new dollar benchmark on Wednesday morning despite pricing levels seen as tight by sector analysts.
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Spain is set to bring its second benchmark of the year after mandating banks on Tuesday, as the country enjoys a spell of stability compared to some of its eurozone peers and a market that appears to be calming after a volatile start to the week.
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French issuers appear unfazed by political turbulence afflicting their sovereign's curve, with two borrowers in the market this week. Meanwhile, the European Financial Stability Facility sold its largest deal tranche in over 2.5 years.
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Israeli energy company Delek Group has mandated two banks to lead the syndication of a $1.75bn loan which will back its drilling operations in the recently discovered Leviathan natural gas basin in the Mediterranean.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) has surprised SSA bankers by returning to the long end with one tranche of a deal it plans to launch on Tuesday.
