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Zhihu has kicked off the roadshow for its US listing. The Chinese company is aiming to raise up to $632.5m from the public market, and a further $250m from a handful of high-profile investors through private placements concurrent to the IPO. -
The Republic of the Maldives, which took a big hit to its tourism-reliant economy last year due to the pandemic, announced a tender and new money offer on Monday, returning to the dollar bond market after a three year hiatus.
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Atotech, a UK speciality chemicals technology company, has followed up its IPO last month with a $1.84bn-equivalent loan refinancing, with some of the money earmarked for acquisitions.
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Russian Railways ventured into the Swiss franc market this week to sell the first hybrid corporate bond in over two years, a sign of a maturing Swissie market, according to local market participants.
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has had a stellar week, hosting two secondary listings worth about $6bn in total in quick succession. The latest out of the gate is Chinese video sharing and gaming platform Bilibili, which kicked off a potential $3bn float within hours of internet giant Baidu wrapping up its multi-billion-dollar deal. Jonathan Breen reports.
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Verizon Communications, the US telecoms group, embarked on an almost $3bn niche currency bond issuing spree this week, which included the largest foreign Swiss franc bond since early 2018.
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Club Brugge, the Belgian football club, has begun bookbuilding for its IPO on Euronext Brussels, having fixed the price range at €17.50 to €22.50 a share.
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Japfa Comfeed Indonesia sold the country's first sustainability-linked bond this week, leveraging the market fervour for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing to tighten pricing more than it would have for a conventional deal. Morgan Davis reports.
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The controlling shareholder of Thailand’s Stark Corp has sold a chunk of his shares in the company, raising Bt3.77bn ($122.4m) after pricing the deal towards the top of price guidance.
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Swiss Steel, the Swiss steel company formerly known as Schmolz + Bickenbach, has finished its Sfr247m at-market rights issue, following a rump placement on Monday night.
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The euro market burst into life with new FIG deals on Monday, as borrowers reacted to supportive comments from the European Central Bank last week. Bankers now expect plenty of supply to fill out the pre-Easter pipeline.
