NatWest Markets
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Millenium Management has appointed a co-manager of its European Credit Fund, who was once head of European high yield syndicate at Royal Bank of Scotland.
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The non-US women's health unit of Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is mulling the option of issuing its first term loans in euros to fund its buyout by private equity firm CVC.
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Norwegian state owned grid operator, Statnett, priced its debut benchmark euro corporate bond on Wednesday, continuing the recent supply of utility issuers selling longer dated new issues.
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French car hire group Europcar opened the high yield bond primary market on Monday with new debt to fund the acquisition of Spanish peer Goldcar, demonstrating how little investors are worrying about the escalating crisis between Catalonia and Spain over the former's push for independence.
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Three agencies launched short end dollar transactions on Tuesday, two of which managed to pull their spreads into impressively tight levels.
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Agencies from the Netherlands, France and Germany are set to come to market on Tuesday for short dated dollar deals.
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Empark, Vallourec and Dufry met strong demand for their new high yield bonds this week as investors opened their deep pockets.
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The European Investment Bank shrugged off any concerns over the divisions between the governments of Spain and Catalonia and the skinny spreads on offer, printing $3bn at one of the tightest spreads of the year.
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the German State of North Rhein-Westphalia (Land NRW) have picked banks for dollar benchmarks expected to hit the market on Wednesday.
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Three high yield bond borrowers will be roadshowing for a combined volume of €1.2bn of new high yield bonds this week, with a mixture of familiar refinancing and leveraged buyout funding.
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On Monday, Statnett, the Norwegian state electricity grid company, mandated banks for its debut benchmark bond issue in euros. This followed German power utility RWE announcing the results of its recent tender offer on Friday.
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