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Europe’s high grade corporations are lining up bond issues in euro and sterling for this week, which could be the last before the market slows down for a summer break. Meanwhile, analysts and investors agree that there is considerable room for borrowers to sharply ramp up primary market activity in the next session. -
Three infrequent FIG borrowers are set to drop into a stable euro market this week, with Arion Bank, Banca Popolare di Sondrio and Westpac New Zealand all preparing senior deals .
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South Korea’s busy IPO market is continuing to pump out deals, with the latest listings coming from Kakao Pay and Covid-19 test maker SD Biosensor. But issuers still have to be realistic, as Krafton found out when it shot for, but missed, the country’s largest ever IPO.
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Xpeng bagged HK$14bn ($1.8bn) this week from the first secondary listing in Hong Kong by a Chinese electric vehicle maker.
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Salesforce found deep demand to secure $8bn and fund the biggest acquisition in its history as the dollar corporate bond market remained wide open in the run-up to the July 4 holiday weekend.
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A trio of rare names made use of the attractive issuance conditions and strong appetite for credit to launch debut deals this week. Two of the borrowers — Illimity and Groupama — chose to print subordinated deals into this stable market, while Erste Bank Croatia sold its first public deal outside its home market.
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Greece's Alpha Bank attracted healthy demand for its €800m share sale, in the latest sign of the country’s economic rehabilitation following the eurozone crisis.
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Bulgarian animal healthcare company Huvepharma has become the latest casualty in an IPO market oversaturated with supply.
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Two infrequent names ventured into the euro market to print debut deals in subordinated formats on Wednesday. Italy's Ilimity bank raised €200m with its first tier two, while French insurer Groupama scooped €500m with its inaugural tier three bond.
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BNP Paribas has retained its place at the top of the EMEA loan league table for the first half of 2021, but its market share is much smaller than for the same period last year.
