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Abbott Laboratories plundered $20bn as it led a trio of drug companies which printed jumbo bonds as a deluge of supply in the dollar market ensured a red-hot end to the month.
Eight banks provided loan facility to company
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France is looking at conducting a large syndication this month as it looks to finance a much bigger funding programme, according to SSA debt capital markets bankers.
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Synlab, a medical testing firm owned by Cinven, is looking to push out its debt profile, amending and exchanging bonds and loans due 2022 to a loan with a 2024 maturity. It is the first flicker of life in the European primary leveraged loan market since the coronavirus crisis hit.
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The Danish Financial Services Authority is softening its application of the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) amid Covid-19, meaning the country’s largest banks could end up issuing half as much senior debt this year as might have been expected.
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GVS, the Italian manufacturer of filters and components for among other groups, healthcare companies, is on track to list in Milan this summer, according to sources close to the deal. The company is likely to be the first major listing on the Italian exchange this year after Covid-19 froze the market.
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GlaxoSmithKline, the UK pharmaceutical company, launched a three tranche bond issue on Monday. Its sterling curve was trading so flat that it started with the same spread on the long eight and 15 year tranches.
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QBE sold $500m of additional tier one debt in the dollar market this week, as it sought to shield itself from the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.