Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Monday evening sale is latest block trade
◆ Danish biotech prints three tranches along the curve ◆ Seven year bond proves the sweet spot ◆ Proceeds to refinance €1.5bn acquisition bridge
Sfr4.9bn trade is largest European ECM deal since National Grid’s £7bn rights issue in 2024
Offer came as markets recovered and volatility fell
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
An Ke Technology Co, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Ping An Group, is in the market seeking a $300m three year loan.
-
Two days after saying it would take advantage of grace periods to delay coupon payments, Ecuador confirmed that it would begin negotiations with commercial and bilateral creditors around what it calls a “consensual reprofiling” of its outstanding liabilities.
-
Latin America bonds may not be immune to the generalised improvement in tone in credit markets this week, but that secondary markets remains dysfunctional and a return to primary market action could be some way away.
-
The Bank of England’s Term Funding Scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (TFSME) is encouraging retained issuance in European ABS planned for the second quarter, but publicly syndicated deals are expected to rebound once the Covid-19 crisis subides.
-
Banks took advantage of a huge rally in UK equities on Tuesday to launch a placing in SSP, a UK food outlet operator, in order to give it the cash required to strengthen its balance sheet, working capital and liquidity position because of disruption caused by Covid-19.
-
Private equity funds are considering how to support their portfolio companies with cash injections or rescue financings, with some sponsors turning to a select group of specialist buyers still willing to lend money against the right structure.