Nomura
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France returned to the primary debt market this week with its first syndicated linker in more than three years, drawing a hefty order book for the inflation-linked bonds despite concerns over deflation in the eurozone.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency bankers are braced for a busy week of issuance, as demand for paper soars in the wake of the European Central Bank’s unveiling of a series of measures which have butchered rates last Thursday. -
Cinven has reached an agreement to sell French medical diagnostics firm Sebia to a consortium led by Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners.
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The Malaysian government’s strategic investment fund, Khazanah Nasional, launched a five year exchangeable sukuk worth as much as $750m on Wednesday. However, its refusal to accept anything but the most ambitious terms led it to pull the deal the following day, making it a high profile casualty in what has been a resurgent Asian equity-linked primary market this year, writes Rev Hui.
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Cinven today announced that it had reached an agreement to sell French medical diagnostics firm Sebia to a consortium led by Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners.
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Royal Bank of Canada and Commonwealth Bank of Australia took to the sterling market on Wednesday. CBA drew solid demand for a fixed rate deal in the belly of the curve, while RBC opted for an unusually long tenored floater.
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Two months after Chinese hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings made headlines with its return to the market for a $300m recapitalisation loan, the deal is finally taking shape with a soft launch into general syndication this week.
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Nomura has globally made available its electronic futures trading platform via Instinet’s Newport Execution Management System.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Royal Bank of Canada were both looking to sell sterling debt in the belly of the curve on Wednesday, the Australian issuer looking for fixed rate notes and the Canadian bank for floating rate paper. RBC is targeting an aggressive level compared to CBA, according to FIG syndicate managers.
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Two months after Chinese hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings made headlines for its return to the market for a $300m recapitalisation loan, the deal is finally taking shape with a soft launch into general syndication this week.
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Carlsberg Breweries returned to the euro bond market after an 18 month gap on Tuesday with a successful €1bn 10 year bond, though it had to contend with a market that has lost a little of its rude bullishness in the past week.
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