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Ineos, the chemicals company now registered in Switzerland, has hired five banks to arrange its €750m refinancing project to replace bonds with term loans.

Cowell e Holdings, a maker of front-end camera modules for mobile devices, has begun testing investor appetite for its $150m-$200m IPO, with its link to Apple expected to be a key selling point.

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company has opened books to its first international bond of 2015, having taken comfort in the fact that fixed income investors in five Asian cities view the Japanese credit with a safe haven status.

Asiamoney is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Australia Awards. After suggestions by bankers from global and domestic institutions, we weighed the most impressive deals and banks in the market last year. The decisions were not always easy, but we hope to have picked a series of winners that truly highlight the breadth of potential in Australia's capital market. It was a good year for the overall market; it was a great year for the winners below.

Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby is putting off the listing of its automobile arm Sime Darby Motors to the second half of the year pending an improvement in earnings.

China Shanshui Cement has mandated three banks to arrange a series of investor meetings next week as the Chinese borrower seeks to issue its first dollar bond in almost three years.

Indonesia’s Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat opened books for its Rph4.71tr ($367m) domestic listing on the morning of February 27, with solid anchor demand ahead of launch providing a strong footing for the IPO.

A new issue premium of around 20bp looked hefty for investment grade sovereign borrower Uruguay this week.

The Coca-Cola Company priced its biggest ever bond on Thursday, all in euros. It was the second biggest European corporate bond ever, and extended the issuer’s euro curve by 8.5 years.

The Coca-Cola Company priced its biggest ever bond on Thursday, all in euros. It was the second biggest European corporate bond ever, and extended the issuer’s euro curve by 8.5 years.

From Tokyo to Toronto to Tel Aviv, new buyers across the globe are piling into the senior tranches of US CLOs — and more experienced triple-A investors aren’t happy about it.

A trio of issuers took advantage of a lack of senior supply this week to price deals with drastically reduced new issue premiums compared to January.