Nomura
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The buyout bonds for Merlin Entertainments and Kantar, backed by Blackstone and Bain, will set new standards for European issuers. If the investors strike down the "net short" clauses — as they did in an earlier Inmarsat deal — the sponsors may give up on the controversial strategy to battle hedge funds with large CDS positions. -
Dar Al-Arkan, a Saudi Arabia-based real estate developer, raised $600m on Wednesday with a February 2025 sukuk, defying market volatility to offer little in the way of new issue premium.
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Marco Patuano is joining Nomura to advise its European investment banking operations. The bank believes he will help source clients in Italy.
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Inspired, the US gambling company, has completed its €104.6m debt-funded acquisition of Novomatic UK’s Gaming Technology Group, drawing down on term loans to finance the deal.
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Dar Al-Arkan, a real estate development company headquartered in Saudi Arabia, is in the market for a five year sukuk benchmark.
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The Inter-American Development Bank and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia only managed to raise small sizes in the sterling market on Tuesday, with the leads on the latter declining to comment on whether the deal was fully subscribed.
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Public sector borrowers enjoyed healthy subscription levels and minimal new issue concessions in the five year part of the curve as they returned to the dollar bond market following the Golden Week break in China.
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The State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Land NRW) mandated banks on Monday for its debut Sonia-linked floating rate note, following its compatriot NRW.Bank, which sold its first trade in the format last week. The region has also decided to no longer use money market instruments for funding and liquidity management.
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Three public sector borrowers announced dollar benchmarks on Monday, rekindling the market after a quiet week.
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Bank of Ireland was more than three times subscribed for a €300m tier two bond this week, nailing its second attempt at the deal after returning to the market with a wider spread for investors.
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International Finance Corporation has picked the banks to lead the first dollar benchmark of its 2019/20 financial year.
