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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
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.
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Credit spreads lurched wider at the beginning of the week, with investors reacting to reports of further cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus outside of China. The reaction fell short of panic, but bankers said that some issuers were moving to delay their plans for bond deals. -
In this round-up, the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus has spiked, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has concluded a two-year takeover of troubled Anbang Insurance, and the Star board will speed up the review process for IPOs from companies focusing on controlling the epidemic.
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Chinese travel services provider Trip.com Group has picked Standard Chartered as the mandated lead arranger and bookrunner for a $1.2bn refinancing deal.
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In this round-up, China is set for an unprecedented postponement of its March “Two Session” meetings this year, premier Li Keqiang cautioned against the potential economic fallout from the novel coronavirus outbreak, and the US designated five Chinese media outlets as foreign missions.
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AK Medical Holdings has raised HK$803m ($103m) from a top-up placement of new shares that was launched on the back of a near 80% jump in its stock price year-to-date.
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BMW Automotive Finance’s Rmb8bn ($1.14bn) dual-tranche return to the Chinese auto ABS market this week was a success. The tight pricing is expected to allow other issuers to also lower their coupons, said bankers on the deal.
