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Adani Transmission has priced a $310m US private placement, becoming the first Indian company to raise money in that market since 2007. Although some investors still feel scarred by an Indian incident a decade ago, many see this as the dawn of an Indian PP revival. -
BPHA, a housing association headquartered in Bedford, is looking to sell US private placements, according to several market sources, as private debt remains readily available for UK HAs.
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Jes Staley’s strategy has been vindicated, with Barclays’s corporate finance bankers having a banner year. But it has to invest in its European franchise to cement its credentials as the region’s leading investment bank, says David Rothnie.
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UK soft drinks company Britvic has entered the US private placement (USPP) market via Rabobank and Santander, on the hunt for sterling debt. As the issuer is a regular and well-loved borrower among institutional investors, the transaction has been described by one banker as “as easy as they come.”
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The Loan Market Association is set to restart its Schuldschein working group in February, with a workstream addressing credit restructuring. This is an early sign that the market’s heavyweights are taking this issue — which has damaged the Schuldschein’s reputation in some quarters — seriously.
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France's Saint-Gobain has met the shareholder and regulatory needs for its around €1.3bn purchase of US plasterboard company Continental Building Products, as the acquisitive construction materials company gets the thumbs up from ratings agencies for swerving the debt markets to fund the deal.
