NatWest Markets
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UK luxury clothing retailer Ted Baker has increased the size of its revolving credit facility from £85m to £110m. -
Alliance Automotive, the Blackstone-owned French car parts supplier, announced and printed an add-on to its LBO bonds in just one day, to fund the acquisition of UK peer FPS Distribution.
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Italian electricity transmission operator Terna hit the European investment grade corporate bond market on Wednesday, shrugging off investor concerns about European Central Bank tapering of its asset purchases.
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MUFG has hired a banker into a senior job in its financial institutions group team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as the bank looks to further expand headcount in this market.
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Gatwick Airport made a rare solo flight into the sterling bond market on Monday as the pound fell on resurgent Brexit fears, but UK investors were present to support the deal.
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The Bank of England confirmed on Monday it would stress test UK banks for a broader range of potential threats in 2017, as it set out the timetable for the publication of this year’s results.
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Royal Bank of Scotland explained to the market how it plans to structure the group to meet the UK’s ring-fencing rules, with a rebranding of several divisions ahead of the expected implementation date for the rules in January 2019.
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The sterling market's strength was on full display this week, with £1.1bn in new investment grade deals heading into investor pockets — a good sign that supply may be able to replace the BoE’s intended £10bn in purchases.
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A chaotic start to the week for the euro corporate bond market saw one deal pulled on a combination of soured sentiment and aggressive pricing, causing issuers to engage in a balancing act before risk appetite returned in force at the end of the week.
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Investors threw off the caution on Thursday that saw them hesitate over lower-rated investment grade corporate bond deals offering low spreads on earlier in the week.
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Two more sterling benchmarks from investment grade corporates hit the market on Thursday, extending a strong week for bonds in the currency.
