Nomura
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Société Générale has hired Raj Malhotra to take charge of its debt capital market business in southeast Asia. -
Nomura is continue to build out its expertise in southeast Asia, this time in Indonesia with the appointment of an investment banking veteran.
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Leveraged finance lenders are assessing the structure and leverage of Bestway, the UK food wholesaler that is buying Co-op Pharmacy’s owner, after a bank meeting on Friday to market a £725m loan for the acquisition.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers this week enjoyed conditions that smacked of the exuberance of 2006 and 2007, but those issuers wanting to take advantage of supply-starved investors next week will have only a narrow window — as a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, a holiday in Japan and Scotland’s vote on independence will make opportunities for issuance few and far between.
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Delachaux - Co-op Pharmacy - Corialis - Averys - HSE24 - WMF - Cheminova
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Australian gaming products company Aristocrat Leisure plans to market its $1.3bn seven year senior secured term loan to US investors. The company is raising the money to fund its acquisition of US gaming operator Video Gaming Technologies and to refinance debt.
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Co-op Pharmacy will hold a bank meeting this Friday to market a £725m loan that backs its buyout by Bestway, the UK food wholesale group.
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Ed Steel, former managing director and global head of equity derivatives trading at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, has joined Nomura in London.
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Borse Dubai closed the books last night on the sale of a 3.1% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group for £171.7m, as it readies funds to fully subscribe to the UK exchange’s planned rights issue.
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West China Cement marked a successful return to the bond market on September 4 by pricing a five year non-call three deal well through its closest comparable — Yingde Gases Investment. The bond was built on the back of strong anchor support, which was surprising given the predicament the Chinese cement industry finds itself in.
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Australian gaming products maker Aristocrat Leisure is eyeing the US market for a $1.3bn seven year senior secured term loan. The company plans to use the money to fund its acquisition of US gaming operator Video Gaming Technologies and to refinance debt.
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