Mizuho
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Dutch paint and chemicals company AkzoNobel beat the rush to the euro market, which has been busy this week, by bringing a rare €500m 10 year bond last Friday. -
Myanmar’s decision to allow nine foreign banks to conduct wholesale operations in the country has opened up a new avenue for syndicated loans in the region. Banks are taking a long term view, however, with most opportunities for lending expected to come from project finance and infrastructure, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.
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Amdipharm Mercury, the UK generic pharmaceuticals company, has reduced the size of its £984m refinancing and recapitalisation loan and split the debt into amortising and bullet tranches.
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Amdipharm Mercury (AMCo), the UK generic pharmaceuticals group owned by Cinven, has widened pricing on its £984m refinancing and recapitalisation loan, as investors worry about a £420m dividend for its owners.
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Indonesian power company Pertamina, which mandated 12 lenders for its $1.8bn five year loan, will fund a portion of the financing onshore.
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Chilean copper Codelco led the way on a busy Tuesday in LatAm bond markets with a 30 year issue that came tight to its own curve and showed that investors are comfortable the US Federal Open Markets Committee will not spring any surprises regarding rates increase at its meeting on Wednesday.
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Amdipharm Mercury (AMCo), the UK generic pharmaceuticals group owned by Cinven, has widened pricing on its £984m refinancing and recapitalisation loan, as investors question a £420m dividend for its owners.
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Chinese broker Citic Securities Company tapped the offshore market with a dollar bond on October 23 that was drawn from a $3bn MTN programme. Even though it coincided with a slew of other transactions, the issuer still managed to get a good result, pricing through its closest comparable.
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The African loan market is awash with bank and financial company business, with two firms from different countries circling for financing, while one has already landed a deal.
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Asian insurers are making their presence felt in the international debt market after Korean Reinsurance (Korean Re) became the fourth name to issue a bond in six weeks. While market participants are quick to point out that the deals are unrelated, they predict more is coming from the sector as Asia makes the step up to Solvency II, write Virginia Furness and Rev Hui.
