Wednesday, September 21, 2016

UPDATE 1-Strong demand for $904 mln IPO of India's ICICI Pru Life

* ICICI Pru Life's IPO biggest in India in six years

(Updates subscription, adds IPO market outlook)

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UPDATE 1-Denmark's Nets to launch early IPO on Friday due to share demand

COPENHAGEN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Denmark's Nets will list in

Copenhagen on Friday, four days earlier than planned, after

attracting solid interest in its shares, the card payment

services company said on Wednesday.

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Denmark's Nets brings forward IPO after strong demand -local TV

COPENHAGEN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Denmark-based card payment

services company Nets will list in Copenhagen on Friday, four

days earlier than planned, after solid interest in its shares,

Danish broadcaster TV2 said Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

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UPDATE 3-Bain in $1.5 bln South African Edcon debt for equity deal

* Bain bought business for $3.5 bln in 2007

(Adds Edcon asset sale)

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Investors still hooked on US corporate bonds

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (IFR) - There are still no visible signs

of fatigue in the US high-grade corporate bond market as volumes

for the year surged past US$1trn in a week struck by a nasty

bout of volatility.

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Friday, September 16, 2016

BRIEF-Ardagh Group says no M&A in short term

* Ardagh group chairman Coulson says hopes listing of

subsidiary will take place in H1 17, market conditions

permitting

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Corporate bonds wobble despite ECB support

LONDON, Sept 16 (IFR) - The hectic pace of issuance in

Europe's investment-grade corporate market is expected to slow

as rates volatility and a softening in sentiment are forcing

borrowers to rethink their pricing expectations.

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Deutsche capital worries return as US mega-fine looms

LONDON, Sept 16 (IFR) - Deutsche Bank faces the prospect of

having to tap shareholders for more cash after the US Department

of Justice asked Germany's flagship lender to pay US$14bn to

settle an investigation into alleged mis-selling of

mortgage-backed securities.

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UPDATE 3-Britain's Informa to boost U.S. presence with Penton deal

* Informa to buy Penton from private equity firms

(Adds investment returns for owners, stock price, paragraphs

11, 13-15)

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

HSBC considers hiking capital of its German unit - exec

FRANKFURT, Sept 15 (Reuters) - HSBC is considering

hiking the capital of its German unit as it seeks to expand in

Europe's largest economy, according to the head of HSBC Trinkaus

, which is 81-percent owned by the British bank.

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BRIEF-Informa proposes 1.2 bn stg takeover of Penton Information Services

* Informa continues growth acceleration plan with proposed

£1.2bn acquisition of penton information services

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

UPDATE 1-South Africa's Brait to seek premium listing in London

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 14 (Reuters) - South African investment

heavyweight Brait SE intends to seek a premium listing

in London to boost its profile and tap deeper pools of capital,

it said on Wednesday.

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RPT-Investors reluctant to back Monte Paschi's cash call

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Investors are reluctant to back

Monte dei Paschi di Siena's bid to raise billions of

euros, leading fund managers and a source with knowledge of the

matter told Reuters, posing a huge challenge for a new CEO

seeking to save the Italian bank.

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Safran seen picking Morpho buyer by end of September

PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - France's Safran could

make a decision on the potential sale of its Morpho biometrics

and security business for more than 2 billion euros by the end

of September, a person close to the process said on Wednesday.

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RPT-Timing is everything as European banks ride the CoCos revival

* Low interest rates have driven feverish demand for CoCo

bonds

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Investors reluctant to back Monte Paschi's cash call

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Investors are reluctant to back

Monte dei Paschi di Siena's bid to raise billions of

euros, leading fund managers and a source with knowledge of the

matter told Reuters, posing a huge challenge for a new CEO

seeking to save the Italian bank.

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Timing is everything as European banks ride the CoCos revival

* Low interest rates have driven feverish demand for CoCo

bonds

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National Grid Gas takes sterling market by storm in run-up to CBPS

LONDON, Sept 13 (IFR) - National Grid Gas Finance is poised

to sell the biggest ever corporate sterling bond on Tuesday, a

trade that could not have been better timed with the Bank of

England announcing the previous day that four of the issuer's

bonds were eligible for its purchase programme.

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UPDATE 2-Nets' IPO pricing values Danish payments business at up to $4.8 bln

* Operates in increasingly competitive mobile payments

sector

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RPT-INVESTMENT FOCUS-The world according to Tina and Gary

LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A stagnant world economy littered

with political risks has done little to stop stock markets

hitting new highs. For that, you can thank Tina.

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Monday, September 12, 2016

IFR Capital Markets Week Ahead - September 12, 2016

LONDON, Sept 12 (IFR) - Welcome to the IFR Capital Markets

Week Ahead - a new weekly briefing from Thomson Reuters IFR.

Orders, please! Postal Savings Bank of China begins bookbuilding

for what will easily be the largest IPO seen this year

. China's biggest lender by bank branches is hoping

to raise as much as US$8.1bn from the Hong Kong listing, more

than the combined proceeds from all the US listings done so far

in 2016.

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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Yield-starved investors find solace in sterling

LONDON, Sept 9 (IFR) - Corporate and financial issuers that

had shunned the sterling market for most of 2016 are returning

in droves, spurred by investors' search for yield and the Bank

of England's upcoming corporate purchase programme.

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Friday, September 9, 2016

INVESTMENT FOCUS-The world according to Tina and Gary

LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A stagnant world economy littered

with political risks has done little to stop stock markets

hitting new highs. For that, you can thank Tina.

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ICICI Pru Life seeks up to $909 mln in India's biggest IPO in six years

MUMBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - India's ICICI Prudential Life

Insurance Co Ltd's initial public offering of shares will open

on Sept. 19, parent ICICI Bank said on Thursday,

seeking to raise as much as $909 million in the biggest local

listing in six years.

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Ardagh touts 2017 IPO to sell another aggressive bond deal

LONDON, Sept 8 (IFR) - Ardagh pitched upcoming IPO plans to

sell a deeply subordinated payment-in-kind note, and saw strong

demand despite its track record of abandoning listings.

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BRIEF-Russia's PIK Group sees sales, profits rising in 2017

* Plans to increase revenue to 56.3 billion roubles ($873.5

million) in 2016, 67 billion roubles in 2017, 116.3 billion

roubles in 2018, 155.4 billion roubles in 2019, 247.1 billion

roubles in 2020 (2015: 51.1 billion roubles).

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

PRESS DIGEST- British Business - Sept. 6

Sept 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the

business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified

these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Monday, September 5, 2016

Issuers hit deep sterling pockets as BoE corporate purchases near

LONDON, Sept 5 (IFR) - Investors are piling into sterling

issues from corporate and financial issuers as they get ahead of

the Bank of England's corporate bond purchase scheme due to

start later this month.

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Intelsat tries again to manage US$15bn debt pile

NEW YORK, Sept 2 (IFR) - Intelsat launched its third

liability management exercise of the year this week, trying to

woo investors with another bond exchange in an ongoing effort to

tackle its US$15bn debt pile.

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Friday, September 2, 2016

Russia's Polyus considering placing GDRs in London says CEO

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Russia's largest

gold producer Polyus is considering placing global

depository receipts (GDRs) in London in the future, its chief

executive said on Friday, less then a year after it left the

London market.

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UK's Segro to raise 340 mln stg to fund property development

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Segro Plc, Britain's largest

listed industrial property developer, said on Friday it would

raise 340 million pounds ($451 million) to fund development

projects by placing new shares.

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Payment company Nets to announce listing plan on Thursday -sources

COPENHAGEN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Denmark-based card payment

services company Nets will announce its plan for an initial

public offering (IPO) on Thursday, two people involved in the

process said on Wednesday.

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