Morgan Stanley
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The syndication of loans to fund Hellman & Friedman’s carve-out of AutoScout24 has seen strong demand, sufficient to support pricing through the tight end of talk on both tranches. The deal has also been recut to squeeze out a larger first lien, cutting the cost of a deal that is among the most levered public issues seen in Europe since the 2007-08 financial crisis.
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Arion Bank showed its eagerness to issue additional tier one (AT1) capital on Thursday as Icelandic banks get ready to benefit from a change in the national tax treatment of the instruments.
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Online gaming and education firm NetDragon Websoft Holdings and biotechnology company Innovent Biologics both tapped the equity market on Wednesday evening for funds.
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Italy printed €9bn with a 15 year benchmark on Tuesday, wowing onlookers with a new Italian order book record and a 4bp move from initial price thoughts.
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Italy is on screens with a 15 year benchmark, opting for the long end of the curve in spite of the concern some bankers have expressed about the difficulty of selling long dated debt.
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Akelius Residential Property, the Swedish property company, ratcheted in the yield on its hybrid capital issue by 50bp on Monday, setting the stage for a romping week of similar issuance as further names line up deals.
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Indian Railway Finance Corp courted investors for a 10 year bond on Thursday, only to add a 30 year tranche to the transaction later in the day following reverse enquiry.
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Thailand’s Central Retail Corp has priced the country’s largest IPO near the top of the marketed range, netting Bt71bn ($2.3bn) by navigating a volatile stock market.
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Investors rushed to Indian company Adani Electricity Mumbai's (AEML) bond on Wednesday, flooding the $1bn deal with orders that reached more than $6bn at their peak.
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Central China Real Estate manoeuvred its way around China’s offshore bond issuance regulations on Wednesday by marketing a sub-one year note. The deal made Central China the first mainland property company to sell a bond in the wake of the coronavirus volatility.
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The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) raised $500m from a five year bond on Wednesday, becoming one of the first borrowers to reopen the dollar market after Chinese New Year and the rapid spread of a new virus.