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M&G Investments has hired Oliver Wilson as head of asset-based lending in its six-person direct lending team, headed by James Pearce. -
Globalworth Real Estate Investments, the Aim-listed real estate investment trust focused on Poland and Romania, has completed a €340m capital increase.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has appointed Alice Gastaldi to its leveraged finance division, the bank said on Thursday. She had been working at UniCredit for almost eight years.
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South Africa’s second largest private hospital operator Life Healthcare group has signed a £350m syndicated loan to refinance its acquisition of UK-based Alliance Medical group last year.
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Lloyds sold two tranches of holding company level senior debt in the yen market on Thursday, including a rare and tightly priced six year portion.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sold a dual-tranche floating rate transaction on Wednesday, getting significant interest from western accounts as it used its London arm as the issuing vehicle.
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Shares in Sabre Insurance, the specialist UK car insurer, rose 13% this week after it priced a £287m IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
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Crédit Agricole has added to the momentum in systematic internaliser sign up, joining other banks in registering as one well ahead of a 2018 deadline.
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As the last few EMEA IPOs of the year draw to a successful close, bankers are looking to a promising pipeline for the first quarter of next year. The blocks market remains busy, with several big acquisition financing trades.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China opened books for a dual-tranche floating rate dollar bond on Wednesday, to be sold through its London branch.
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Regional Reit, the London-listed real estate investment trust focused on commercial property in the UK regions, has raised £50m of equity, despite investor fatigue towards issuance from the sector.
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The Children’s Investment Fund, an activist shareholder of the London Stock Exchange, on Monday continued its attack on chairman Donald Brydon over the early departure of former CEO Xavier Rolet.
