Morgan Stanley
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State oil company Saudi Aramco is expected to tap the bond market in the next fortnight for a deal that could be anywhere in the region of $7bn-$15bn, according to bankers in the region away from the deal. Estimates of the premium Aramco will have to pay over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia curve is being discussed as negative to plus 15bp, depending on the size of the deal.
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Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) pushed into the dollar market on Monday to close a bond trade ahead of the end of the financial year. The issuer managed to grab $500m from the five year sale, despite a weaker market.
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British life insurer and asset manager Prudential Corp Holdings is offloading a chunk of shares in its Indian joint venture ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co and is looking to bag at least Rp11.2bn ($162.6m).
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Chinese influencer platform Ruhnn Holding has kicked off bookbuilding for its Nasdaq IPO, targeting up to $135m in proceeds.
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Medacta, a manufacturer of orthopaedic devices, was covered within hours of setting the terms on its Swiss IPO, valuing the company at up to Sfr2.08bn.
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Spanish telecommunications company Cellnex’s €1.2bn rights issue has finished more than 16 times covered after its shareholders bought into its growth plans.
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Ex-Barclays honcho John Winter has been appointed CEO of MUFG Securities for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and head of the Japanese bank’s global corporate and investment banking business for EMEA.
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Chinese online educator Koolearn Technology Holdings has wrapped up its Hong Kong IPO to the tune of HK$1.68bn ($213.9m), after pricing at the mid-point of the marketing range, according to a source close to the deal.
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Barclays is under pressure from activist investor Edward Bramson to slim down its investment bank. But among top European IBs, it made the second highest amount of revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2018, according to new research. The results were less promising for Deutsche Bank, however.
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Middle-Eastern payments company Network International is getting plenty of traction in pre-marketing for its IPO on the London Stock Exchange and has garnered interest from investors interested in anchoring the transaction, according to sources close to the IPO.
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Prisa, the Spanish media conglomerate that owns El País, has agreed to acquire full control of educational publisher Santillana and will finance the deal with a €200m rights offer.