UniCredit
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Digi Communications’ Hungarian subsidiary has refinanced part of a €200m bridge loan provided by Citigroup and ING in October last year, which was used to fund the acquisition of a subsidiary of fellow Hungarian communications company Invitel. -
Koenig & Bauer, the German printing press maker, has made its debut in the syndicated loan market, agreeing facilities totalling up to €400m from eight banks.
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German housebuilder Instone Real Estate could be worth as much as €943m when it lists on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange this month if its IPO is priced at the top of the range.
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Romania issued €2bn of new debt with a dual tranche offering on Thursday, taking the largest portion of funds with a new 20 year bond.
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Subordinated bank bonds stabilised in trading after suffering a slight bout of volatility early this week, paving the way for a pick-up in issuance as firms head out of blackout periods.
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UniCredit’s co-heads of its corporate and investment bank (CIB) want the Italian lender to be “a European winner” by ensuring every company in its network is served. That initiative is paying off, says David Rothnie.
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Republic of Romania offered investors a rare opportunity to buy sovereign debt from central and eastern Europe with a three digit spread on Thursday.
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While Tuesday brought a flurry of euro benchmarks, the pace of issuance will slacken on Wednesday as the market battens down for a busy week of US data announcements.
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A trio of Europe’s less frequent public sector borrowers are set to hit screens for euro transactions on Tuesday, following a long end benchmark from a French agency on January 26.
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When talking to syndicate managers or investors about the first month of 2018, you may think that supply volumes in the euro investment grade corporate bond market have been unusually low. However, a comparison of previous January issuance levels suggests it has been a much more normal start to the year.
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Nordex, a German wind turbine manufacturer, began selling a €275m high yield bond this week as it plans to extend its debt maturities by taking out shorter-dated and floating rate Schuldschein paper.
