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Latest block this week in volatile conditions
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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  • Emerging market assets took a hit after several days of US rates volatility this week as market participants braced for further gyrations and issuers avoided raising dollar bonds. Market participants are praying that further central bank stimulus will pacify markets and believe that the asset class is far better prepared for higher rates than it was for the 2013 taper tantrum. Oliver West, Lewis McLellan and Mariam Meskin report.
  • EasyJet, the UK budget airline, avoided any turbulence on its return to the bond market on Wednesday, managing to land a €1.2bn deal with no new issue premium that was almost five times oversubscribed.
  • Easyjet, the UK budget airline, avoided any turbulence on its return to the bond market on Wednesday, managing to land a €1.2bn deal with no new issue premium that was almost five times oversubscribed.
  • SK Holdings pocketed W1.12tr ($1bn) from a block trade of SK Biopharmaceuticals, but the deal hit the South Korean drug company’s share price hard, sending it tumbling more than 17%.
  • UK pub and restaurant group Mitchells & Butlers has fixed the terms for its £350m recapitalisation, which is intended to repair its shattered balance sheet after the third UK lockdown forced further closure of its venues.
  • Joinn Laboratories has sealed its HK$6.54bn ($843.8m) listing at the top of the price range, tapping into Hong Kong’s IPO market as demand hits fever pitch, according to a source familiar with the matter.