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Banco Popolare’s window of issuance for the tier two deal it has been roadshowing has closed, with the issuer set to avoid the primary market ahead of reporting earnings. -
Dufry, the Swiss travel retail group, has closed the term loan stage of its bridge loan takeout. The facility is oversubscribed and likely to come at a large size.
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Europe's low yield environment has prompted a dramatic increase in Chinese issuers printing euro bonds this year. And with Beijing Enterprises and Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure raising a combined €700 ($772m) on April 29, observers are confident this trend is only about to get stronger.
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China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) has secured the backing of its board for the H-share IPO of its dredging arm in Hong Kong, which is looking to raise about $800m.
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Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology’s HK$2.36bn ($304m) IPO received a rousing reception, allowing bookbuilding to wrap up sooner than planned as booming demand led to the shares pricing at the top of the range.
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Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios, the Spanish property asset manager, has increased its capital by 50%, using an accelerated bookbuild on Monday night, to fund further property investment.
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Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology’s HK$2.36bn ($304m) IPO received a rousing reception allowing bookbuilding to wrap up sooner than planned as booming demand led to the shares pricing at the top of the range.
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Rupert Hume-Kendall, one of the dominant equity capital markets bankers in Europe during the years 2000 to 2008, is to retire from Bank of America Merrill Lynch at the end of September.
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Credit Suisse became the fifth European financial name to tap the Australian dollar market in less than a month on Thursday.
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Nationwide Building Society and ASB Bank tapped the senior unsecured sterling market this week, bringing what are likely to be among the last trades in the currency before a break before the UK general election.
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Iglo, the foods company that has been sold by Permira to a London-listed special purpose acquisition company, is asking lenders on a €1.2bn loan to consent to the change in control.
