Nomura
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UK cable and mobile operator Virgin Media on Wednesday plugged its refinancing bond offering into the sterling market on Wednesday, raising total potential sterling high yield bond sales to near £1.7bn so far this year. -
A quartet of public sector borrowers are set to cram into the front end of the dollar curve on Wednesday, as bankers outlined a triple whammy of factors driving the squeeze.
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The Bombay Stock Exchange has announced a marketing range for its long-awaited IPO in India, leaving no doubt that the Rp12.4bn ($182m) deal will price at the top of expectations.
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India’s second largest stock exchange BSE is set to launch bookbuilding for its potential $200m listing in the last week of January, according to a red herring prospectus filed by the bourse.
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Ezaki Glico, a Japanese confectioner, sold a ¥30.9bn ($267m) Euroyen convertible through Nomura on Thursday, breaking a long dry spell in the market.
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The enduring nature of sterling covered bonds was underscored again this week with deals issued by Lloyds Bank and BayernLB taking this year’s total in the UK currency to six.
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Two KKR backed firms have brought the first European leveraged loan market repricings of the year, picking up on a trend that is already in full swing in the US this year.
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Standard Chartered has created a new head of bond syndicate position in Asia, tapping Li Chao to the role, according to a bank spokesperson.
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Public sector borrowers tore $10bn of funding from the dollar market on Tuesday, shaving several basis points from initial price thoughts in the process. Only one benchmark is on screens for Wednesday, but SSA bankers expect next week’s run-up to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president on January 20 will be — in Trump terminology — “huge”.
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Nomura has made two senior hires in Hong Kong, creating new positions in equity sales trading and prime finance, according to separate memos seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Tuesday’s dollar market is set to be packed to the rafters, with a quartet of issuers out with trades and most of the focus at the five year part of the curve.
