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  • Central bank governors, chief executives, fintech pioneers and bankers met at the GCC Financial Forum hosted by Euromoney in Bahrain's capital Manama to discuss the reinvention of financial services and its impact on markets. Low oil prices and fiscal dilemmas across the region have not deterred capital market participants from robust activity, as investors and lenders exude confidence in the capacity of regional banks to incorporate financial innovation into their products.
  • Colgate-Palmolive, the US consumer products company, has added to the recent splurge of new reverse Yankee supply with a €1bn dual-tranche that was seven times oversubscribed.
  • Switzerland’s Roche has agreed to buy US company Spark Therapeutics for around $4.8bn, with analysts predicting minimal impact on the healthcare multinational’s credit metrics thanks to large forecasted free cash flow.
  • A pair of UK names are in talks to amend and extend their existing debt, as loans bankers again complain that the high grade loan market continues to be populated with pseudo-refinancings that are cheaper than the real thing.
  • German industrial services company Bilfinger has launched a Schuldschein months after pulling a transaction in public markets. The BB-rated company is offering a spread substantially higher than the typical Schuldschein borrower, in the hope that lenders will forego its failed foray and be charitable with its chequered past.
  • Equity investors are questioning the lack of issuance in primary markets given the relative calm in secondary equity indices, with some expressing concern that companies may end up missing an ideal window to come to market in 2019.
  • Covered bonds issued by Intesa Sanpaolo, Axa Bank and Aktia on Tuesday “flew out the door”, according to leads, with the depth and breadth of demand surpassing expectations. The superb conditions may not last, but exuberance is expected to prevail for now.
  • KBC Group completed a refinancing round for its €1.4bn perpetual non-call March 2019 additional tier one on Tuesday, becoming the first issuer to target euros in a recent flurry of issuance in the asset class.
  • Almarai, the largest dairy company in the Middle East, has tightened price guidance for its dollar benchmark sukuk as investors jump on the offer of exposure to a company of “critical importance to Saudi and the GCC”.
  • Qatar International Islamic Bank has tightened price guidance on its five year sukuk and set the size of the deal at $500m after books for the note exceeded $2.9bn.
  • One of ING’s emerging markets syndicate bankers has left the bank, according to sources familiar with the matter.
  • Representatives of the European Parliament and member states are aiming to reach a deal on Tuesday evening on a set of legal provisions that would make it more difficult for UK firms to provide investment services to Europeans.