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Kuwait National Petroleum Co has signed another $1bn loan, after borrowing $4bn in a syndicated facility launched last month, to finance its “clean fuels” project. -
Nine mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners have invited lenders to join the international loan market debut of Ant Financial subsidiary, Alipay (Hong Kong) Holding. The money will partly be used to support Ant’s bid to acquire MoneyGram.
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CK Hutchison Holdings, through CK Hutchison International (17), raised $1.8bn across two tranches on Thursday while competing with seven other issuers in the busy Asia debt market.
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Nets, the largest Scandinavian payments processor, priced its first euro bond on Thursday amid keen demand for top rated high yield paper that is leading to low coupons.
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Hyundai Capital America seized on Asian investor liquidity to close a $1.1bn deal across three tranches, including a floating rate note, on Wednesday.
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Issuers from Greater China are dominating the dollar debt market, as they vie for investor attention on Thursday alongside a couple of south and southeast Asian names.
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Asahi has signed a €7.4bn bridging loan for its acquisition of AB InBev’s central and eastern European business.
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Allocations have emerged for a $1.75bn multi-tranche borrowing by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, with retail liquidity ending up concentrated on a longer dated portion.
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Commodities trader Trafigura has signed its latest 364-day syndicated revolver at $2.27bn, up from the launch size of $1.5bn.
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A $1.75bn borrowing for Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, which entered general syndication at the beginning of February, has wrapped up, with allocations expected to be issued soon.
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Volkswagen stormed back into bonds on Thursday for the first time since its emissions test cheating scandal 18 months ago. And the €8bn blowout that paid investors a chunky premium to allay their fears about the company is just the start of the firm’s market rehabilitation, writes Michael Turner.
