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Intercontinental Exchange has appointed a founding member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee as a director of ICE Benchmark Administration. -
Affordable Housing Finance, a subsidiary of The Housing Finance Corporation, hit the sterling market on Thursday for a £191.4m tap that was more than twice subscribed.
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Domino's Pizza Group, the franchise owner for Domino's stores in Ireland and the United Kingdom, has signed a new money revolving credit facility with three banks.
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Uncertainty over the UK’s future following its vote to leave the European Union and the loss of its last triple-A rating failed to make any dent in demand for the first Gilt syndication since Brexit. Instead, the only real effect was the rock bottom yield at which the sovereign was able to issue.
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Affordable Housing has mandated three banks to arrange a tap of sterling notes that may come to market as early as Thursday.
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The Gilt market on Tuesday once again highlighted its immunity to concerns around the UK's vote to leave the EU, as the Debt Management Office conducted a trademark smooth execution with a tap of its 0.125% November 2065 inflation-linked bond.
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Heathrow Airport came out of its earnings blackout to issue a benchmark 33 year sterling bond from its secured funding programme on Tuesday, clinching a minimal new issue premium.
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Vodafone paid its second trip to the European corporate bond market in a year on Tuesday, issuing a €1bn 15 year deal and entertaining the possibility of a 30 year trade.
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Hansteen, the UK-headquartered real estate investment trust (REIT), has agreed a new £330m credit facility with three banks, including one new lender.
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During the first half of the year, Man Group extended the maturity date of its core $1bn revolving credit facility by one year.
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The Treasury Select Committee’s judgement that the supervisory and enforcement roles of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority should be split is flawed. The FCA doesn’t need to be balkanised, it needs to be given more resources to do its job.
