7th Jul 2010 17:04
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Barclays Bank PLC (BCS) priced its EUR1.5 billion, 10-year, lower-tier-two bond at 310 basis points over midswaps, a syndicate official at the bank said Wednesday. Barclays is the sole lead manager on the deal. Amount: EUR1.5 billion Maturity: Jan. 14, 2021
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--German development bank KfW, guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany, has priced its $5 billion, 2013-dated bond through joint-lead bookrunners Barclays PLC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, one of the banks said Wednesday. Terms are as follows: Am
Read more7th Jul 2010 16:21
Britain's banks staged an impressive turnaround Wednesday that helped carry London out of the red and onto a second day of very respectable gains. High street lenders were unsettled early on as investors waited for details on the nature of European stress tests for about 100 banks. Last-minute hagg
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Dutch Public-Sector Agency BNG has priced its EUR2 billion, five-year bond at 18 basis points over midswaps, a bank running the sale said Wednesday. Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are lead managers on the deal, which has the f
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(Adds final price guidance) By Ainsley Thomson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--FCE Bank PLC's planned EUR300 million high-yield bond will price at 7.375%, one of the banks working on the deal said Wednesday. Initial price guidance was set in the area of 7.5%. Credit Ag
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London's leading shares have retraced most of the earlier losses as Wall Street starts with some modest gains. Wall Street was expected to begin jittery but moved ahead with tech stocks leading the advance. Banks, which were lower earlier in the day, have now retraced those losses. Lloyds and HSB
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--FCE Bank PLC, a unit of Ford Motor Co.(F), is planning a EUR300 million, three-year, high-yield bond, one of the banks working on the deal said Wednesday. Initial price guidance has been set in the area of 7.5%. Credit Agricole SA, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank AG and M
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Dutch Public-Sector Agency BNG has set price guidance on its EUR2 billion, five-year bond at 18 basis points over midswaps, a bank running the sale said Wednesday. Barclays Capital PLC, Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are lead managers on the de
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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Credit Suisse Group (CS) said Wednesday it hired Justin Crane, the former head of loan syndication for the Asia-Pacific region at Barclays Capital, as its head of loan syndication for Asia excluding Japan. Crane, who will continue to be based in Singapore, replaces Amit Kh
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Thames Water Utilities Cayman Finance Limited is planning to issue sterling-denominated, Class B bonds via bookrunners Barclays Capital PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings PLC and Morgan Stanley, a bank running the sale said Wednesday. The issue will be launched under the te
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Barclays Bank PLC (BCS) is planning a 10-year, lower tier-two, euro-denominated bond issue, a syndicate official at the bank said Wednesday. Barclays is the sole lead manager on the deal. The issuer is rated Aa3 by Moody's Investors Service, and AA- by both Standard & Poo
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Spain sold 34% of its EUR6 billion, 10-year syndicated bond to Spanish investors, and the remainder to non-domestic accounts, data from the Spanish State Treasury showed Wednesday. Just over 20% of the bonds were bought by investors from the U.K., a little over 13% went to As
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--German development bank KfW, guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany, has mandated Barclays PLC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC as joint bookrunners of its three-year, global dollar bond issue, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The issue, maturing July
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By Anusha Shrivastava Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Barclays PLC's (BCS, BARC.LN) Barclays Capital has hired Brian Wiele as managing director and head of securitization syndicate, Americas. Wiele previously had been head of U.S. asset-backed securities new-issue syndicate
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--The Republic of Croatia has launched its $1.25 billion, 10-year bond, which is set to yield 6.75%, one of the banks running the sale said Tuesday. This is in line with initial guidance for a yield in the area of 6.75%. Barclays Capital, Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase &
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