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M&A could be much needed shot in the arm but dollars expected to dominate
Deal includes $1bn 3.75 year term loan
The German pharmaceutical wholesaler was upgraded to BBB- by S&P last month
US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
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Ryanair, the Irish budget airline, landed a far more solid bond issue this week than shopping centre operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) had a day earlier, in an early indication of what the bond market might look like as the worst-hit sectors recover from the coronavirus pandemic. -
French care homes company Orpea launched a Schuldschein deal on Thursday as the market begins to regain its international allure. A return to the heady heights of pre-Covid deal flow will be a struggle, but Schuldschein market players are optimistic that the next few months will be strong for issuance.
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Deutsche Lufthansa deferred the coupon on its hybrid debt, surprising the market and sending the bonds spiralling down almost nine points. The company said the decision came as the coupon payment would have violated state aid rules in relation to Lufthansa’s bail-out from the German government.
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French hotel landlord Convivio Hotels has launched a €250m rights issue ahead of the reopening of EU countries to foreign tourists this summer.
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Singapore Airlines is planning to raise S$6.2bn ($4.6bn) from a rights offering of mandatory convertible bonds.
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Colombia’s credit rating was finally downgraded to sub-investment grade on Wednesday evening, as many had expected it to be. But it was Standard & Poor’s — not Fitch, as most had anticipated — that moved first.
