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A pair of large block trades this week showed the depth of Hong Kong’s equity capital market, with more than $3bn raised by conglomerate China Evergrande Group and European food products company Danone. Jonathan Breen reports. -
Asia-focused special purpose acquisition company Seven Islands has filed for a $300m Nasdaq listing.
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The rapid pace of new dollar bond issuance from Chinese property companies continued from Monday into Tuesday as four more borrowers joined the fray.
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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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Allied Irish Banks (AIB) sold its sophomore green bond on Monday, printing €750m of senior paper at a spread flat to fair value and close its Irish peers.
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Chinese health insurance and healthcare crowdfunding platform Waterdrop has raised $360m after pricing its US IPO at the top of the marketed range.
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EQT achieved a strong response from investors on Friday when it launched the first sustainability-linked bond from a private equity firm, and only the second from a financial company. The €500m deal is tied to greenhouse gas emission cuts and gender diversity metrics.
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Banque Internationale à Luxembourg issued its first tier two capital bond for almost five years this week, opting for a private sale.
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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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Bank of America has hired a managing director from Goldman Sachs to help lead a new team in its UK investment banking division that aims to increase the bank’s coverage of private and emerging growth companies.
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Eni, the Italian oil and gas company, got its chunky €2bn hybrid capital issue comfortably oversubscribed on Tuesday, after a similar success for Orange last week. Corporate bond investors are piling money into anything that offers higher returns.
