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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.
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  • China's Harbour Biomed, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has hit the road for its up to HK$1.8bn ($230.4m) listing.
  • Having entered default on Thursday, November 26 as the 30-day grace period on a missed coupon payment expired, Suriname has improved the terms on a consent solicitation that — if accepted by at least three quarters of bondholders — would allow it to escape the default and buy time for a more comprehensive debt restructuring.
  • JD Health International is set to close the international investor book for its up-to HK$27bn ($3.5bn) IPO a day early, according to a source familiar with matter.
  • The Province of Neuquén has become the fourth Argentine regional or local government to wrap up a debt restructuring this year. But with most provincial issuers struggling to reach agreements with creditors, several provinces’ bondholders have joined forces to bolster their negotiating position. This may help bondholders force the provinces to offer deals that are better than those the national government wants both sides to make.
  • JD Health International launched 2020’s largest healthcare listing this week, hitting the road to raise up to HK$27bn ($3.5bn) in a Hong Kong IPO. The issuer blends healthcare and technology, two of the hottest sectors in the IPO market this year. It covered the deal multiple times on the first day. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • Greene King’s pub securitization Spirit Issuer is expected to default this year, after bondholders declined to waive potential covenant breaches in the same way they did for other pubcos, including the company’s larger, whole business securitization. This will give bondholders the right to enforce security, but it will test creditors’ desire to take over the assets outright.