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Saudia Arabia's record-breaking bond a bright spot for MENA
Analysis by Dealogic Research – Adrienn Berki On October 19, Saudia Arabia priced a record $17.5bn debut international 3-tranche bond with 5-, 10-, and 30-year maturities. Proceeds will finance the government’s broader plans to move away from a dependency on oil. The Middle Eastern kingdom’s coupons are between 2.375% and 4.5%, with benchmark spreads set between […]
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Oil & Gas: Has M&A sentiment picked up?
Volatile oil prices have seen M&A in the oil and gas space drop to the lowest level since 2009. Our Head of M&A Research, Chunshek Chan, discusses the outlook for the sector and if M&A sentiment has picked up.
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Kyushu Railway prices at the top in Japan's largest IPO of the year, using Dealogic
On October 17, Kyushu Railway successfully completed a $4.0bn privatization IPO, pricing at the top of the range at ¥2,600 per share. The deal is Japan’s largest IPO this year and the largest transport sector ECM transaction worldwide in 2016. As a trusted financial platform partner, Dealogic helped the global coordinators and the bookrunners seamlessly execute the transaction […]
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South Korea: Asia's ECM bright spot
With South Korean ECM issuance a bright spot in Asian markets this year, our ECM specialist, Romaine Jackson, talks about optimism in the fourth quarter pipeline, the deals to look out for, and why South Korea is bucking the regional trend.
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Analyzing the outlook for Leveraged Finance
October 11, 2016 In a year of market volatility, our head of Loans Research, Roody Muneean, examines the outlook for leveraged finance, from jumbo deals to the refinancing cycle and financial sponsor activity.
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innogy completes Europe's largest IPO in 5 years, using Dealogic
On October 6, European renewable energy firm Innogy successfully completed a $5.1bn IPO – the region’s largest IPO in more than five years and Germany’s largest in almost 16 years. The deal priced at the top of the range at €36 per share. As a trusted financial platform partner, Dealogic helped the global coordinators and the bookrunners seamlessly […]
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History made: first electronic IOI in the primary Capital Markets
LONDON, October 6, 2016 Financial markets platform company Dealogic announces the launch of Connect, its newest product seamlessly linking the buyside and sellside. With Connect, investment firms can place an Indication of Interest (IOI) on an IPO electronically for the first time in the history of the primary Capital Markets. That IOI is transmitted to […]
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Executive Insight: The evolution of the fintech industry and how firms will succeed
In the final part of our interview with Krish Venkataraman, he talks about the evolution of three key areas affecting the fintech industry today, and where firms will succeed in the future.
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Bumper September boosts slow year for tech IPOs
September 30, 2016 By Domenico Positano Tech IPOs making a comeback Global technology IPOs recorded a slow start to the year in 2016, with 1Q volume ($1.4bn via 33 IPOs) the lowest since the financial crisis, and 2016 YTD volume the lowest since 2013. However, the sector has bounced back with $4.3bn priced in September […]