Credit Suisse
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Sucafina, a Swiss coffee company, has signed a $500m sustainability-linked borrowing base facility, as a small wave of deals from the German speaking region come to fruition.
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SF Real Estate Investment Trust has raised HK$2.59bn ($333.4m) through a rare trust IPO in Hong Kong.
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Chinese conglomerate Fosun International has sold its second dollar bond of 2021, raising $500m once again.
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Monde Nissin has covered the Philippines’ largest ever IPO on the first day of bookbuilding, after securing pre-launch demand from a high profile line-up of cornerstone investors.
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Credit Suisse Group targeted the dollar market this week for its first public bond offering since the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos. It ended up paying a relatively small new issue premium for its large $3.25bn transaction.
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US hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has hired a former Credit Suisse and Bank of America equity syndicate banker to run its European equity capital markets desk.
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Four Chinese property companies rushed into the dollar bond market on Monday, following weeks of limited to no supply from the sector.
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JSW Hydro Energy, a subsidiary of Indian power company JSW Energy, sold its first international bond this week, taking $707m from the green transaction.
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Three regular dollar bond issuers from China were the first out of the gates to tap investors on Thursday following a long holiday in the Mainland.
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Green bonds took centre stage in the US corporate bond market this week, as issuance began to mount again after the recess for earnings blackouts. No less than three deals paired green and conventional tranches.
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Despite paying a chunky new issue premium, Deutsche Bahn was still able to score some attractive arbitrage with its latest Swiss franc deal this week, and with favourable pricing on offer for foreign names, bankers are confident more could follow.
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Bank of Ireland and Westpac found strong demand for debut green tier two deals this week, as investors flock to this growing segment of the ESG market in search of higher returns.