30th Jun 2010 13:12
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Russian state development bank Vnesheconombank, or VEB, plans to issue bonds via lead managers Barclays Capital PLC, HSBC Group PLC and Societe Generale SA, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The bonds are expected to be launched following an investor roadshow,
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. retailer Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) has set final guidance on its planned 30-year, sterling-denominated, benchmark bond, backed by a commercial mortgage loan, at 165 basis points over gilts, a bank running the sale said Wednesday. Initial guidance was set in the area of 170 bas
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. retailer Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) has set guidance on its planned 30-year, sterling-denominated, benchmark bond, backed by a commercial mortgage loan, in the area of 170 basis points over gilts, a banker involved in the deal said Tuesday. The collateral for the loan is the le
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BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombia's financial institutions posted a combined net profit of 2.83 trillion Colombian pesos ($1.48 billion) during the first five months, up 20% from the same period in 2009, the country's banking regulator said Tuesday. The increase was due to higher revenues from lendin
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By Katy Burne Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The World Cup isn't the only place where defensive tactics are on display. An analysis of investment-grade bond issuance from the first half of the year shows most companies have opted to guard their bottom lines rather than rais
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(Adds detail) By Mark Brown Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. retailer Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) is planning to issue a sterling-denominated benchmark bond, backed by a commercial mortgage loan, a banker involved in the deal said Tuesday. The collateral for the loan is the le
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(Adds background.) By Mark Brown Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. retailer Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) is planning to issue a benchmark bond backed by a commercial mortgage loan, a banker involved in the deal said Tuesday. The collateral for the loan is the leasehold intere
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. retailer Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) is planning to issue a benchmark bond backed by a commercial mortgage loan, a banker involved in the deal said Tuesday. The collateral for the loan is the leasehold interest in 41 U.K. commercial properties, all of which are let to Tesco-rela
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WHATSOEVER. MIS, a wholly-owned credit rating agency subsidiary of Moody's Corporation ("MCO"), hereby discloses that most issuers of debt securities (including corporate and municipal bonds, debentures, notes and commercial paper) and preferred stock rated by MIS have, prior to assignment of any r
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(Updates and rewrites, adding detail.) By Molly Neal Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Shares in retailer Kesa Electricals PLC (KESA.LN) continued to rise Tuesday amid speculation as to why activist investor Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC has built a stake in the company.
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The following is a press release from Moody's Investors Service: GBP[950.15] million of EMEA CMBS rated London, 29 June 2010 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned the following provisional long-term rating to the proposed issue of Tesco Property Finance 3 Plc: GBP[950.15] million Secured [_
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Shares in retailer Kesa Electricals PLC (KESA.LN) continued to rise Tuesday amid speculation activist investor Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC could be pushing for a break-up of the company. At 1012 GMT Kesa's shares were up 2.9% at 126 pence in a lower London market, addin
Read more29th Jun 2010 08:59
Standard Chartered's recent trading statement indicated weaker revenue and cost trends than Nomura Securities was expecting but the broker continues to prefer the stock to fellow Asia-focused bank HSBC. Nomura said the underperformance was largely due to the normalisation of strong account income w
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Following is the related link: http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/20100629/LTN20100629041.pdf Stock Code: 5 Source: Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 28, 2010 20:34 ET (00:34 GMT)
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2328 GMT [Dow Jones] HK short-selling volume piled up yesterday afternoon amid A-shares-induced market weakness, with full-day volume at HK$5.024 billion vs HK$1.608 billion at interval. Overall volume more than doubled vs Monday, as percentage of market total sharply higher at 8.5% vs Monday's 5.5%
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