This South African bank raised $ 2.2 billion for its clients in 50
public bond deals, more deals than any bank of any origin, on the continent in 2013.
Most commonly, this in the form
of public bonds, medium - term notes or preferred stock, but it can also include private placements as well as bank loans.
As it relates to
public bond issuance, volume is above last year's pace, but the breadth of issuance is not very broad.
Some were
public bonds coming to market that were complex, others were asset - and mortgage - backed bonds that took some time to research.
Her experience includes advising both lenders and borrowers on international financing transactions and she has acted in many public transactions involving REITs and
public bond offerings.
In today's market, issuance sizes of roughly $ 350 million or more are generally needed to
attract public bond investors.
While the public deal broke ground as the country's largest
public bond issue, the private placement presented a number of challenges from a legal perspective given the nature of the deal, which was purchased by Egypt's central bank and used as collateral on a series of loans with international financial institutions.
The Third World countries which still had access to international financial markets and which could issue
public bonds in London or New York, had to increase the yield payments they guaranteed to purchasers of their bonds.
NBAD raised $ 757 million in two equity deals, more than was raised by any other bank in the United Arab Emirates, and led the country's
public bond market by raising $ 1.5 billion in 12 bond deals.
While Illinois's finances certainly are in real trouble, issuing the
largest public bond in history may do more harm than good.
Now, institutions like LISC have the scale and track record they need to
become public bond issuers.»
As rates of return available
from public bond and equity markets decline, they too are searching for alternative sources of yield.
Nevertheless private lenders in the North and South prefer to
buy public bonds of Northern states rather than those of the South (or East).
Rocketship had hoped to finance the building
using public bonds, however, pending litigation made selling those bonds impossible.
LTA also issued $ 51.53 million in
public bonds at the time of the TIFIA Loan closing, which with the TFIA loan was used to redeem the original outstanding debt.
There are some
retail public bond issuance by certain NBFC's which are other options to buy bonds.
The consolidated litigation alleges that the defendants managed the plaintiffs» investments imprudently in violation of its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by causing its stable value funds to invest heavily in the Intermediate Bond Fund (IBF) and the
Intermediate Public Bond Fund (IPBF).
Eversheds Sutherland's Public Finance practices have represented hundreds of clients worldwide, seeking up to $ 1 billion in
public bond financing, public finance transactions and public private partnerships (PPP).
In the largest fixed -
rate public bond issue for a single - site CCRC, HJ Sims served as underwriter with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on a $ 239.97 million financing on behalf of Hebrew SeniorLife.
The incumbent number one in Japan's
public bond market, Mizuho raised $ 70.6 billion in 469 bond issues, including 20 deals in the telecom sector that raised $ 9.7 billion, for a 22.6 % market share.
Citi raised $ 17.7 billion in 114
public bond deals in Latin America last year, more than any other investment bank, including an $ 800 million sovereign bond for Brazil that was more than three times oversubscribed.
Addleshaw Goddard advises on over # 1 billion
of public bonds in the social housing sector in the last month
Rand Merchant Bank, the investment - banking arm of FirstRand of Johannesburg, raised $ 2.2 billion for its clients in 50
public bond deals, more deals than any other bank in South Africa last year.
VTB Capital raised $ 17.7 billion in 121
public bond deals, more money than any other bank in the region, the largest of which deals was a $ 7 billion Russian sovereign bond for which this Russian investment bank was a lead arranger.
BNP Paribas advised its clients on 63 M&A deals worth $ 61.2 billion and raised $ 37.8 billion in 158
public bond deals — a higher overall value on both fronts than any other investment bank in France last year.
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi announced the launch of an open - ended, expanded monthly 60 billion euro ($ 70 billion) private and
public bond - buying program on Thursday.
Finding appropriate instructional space is a perennial challenge for schools of choice which — unlike public district schools — do not have access to
public bond markets or public tax levies.
One of the reasons why it is not a big issue is that
the public bond market is designed to be low liquidity.
And third, mortgages are less liquid than
public bonds, and require a longer - term commitment.
Up until this point, only investment grade corporations were allowed to issue
public bonds, but if a company's rating happened to fall after the bond was issued, these were still allowed to trade and were called «fallen angels.»
Hugo Stephens has worked in the social housing sector for more than 25 years — with particular focus on funding for housing associations (
public bonds, private placements, loans and derivative transactions); major projects (ALMOs, solar projects, joint ventures and public / private partnerships); group structures; and constitutional, corporate and governance work.
Some of the corporate clients tat have benefitted from Arnold's forecasting are AT&T, Proctor & Gamble, Kraft General Foods, Digital Equipment Corp., ITT and Battery Park City Authority, New York, for which she completed a revenue forecast for
a public bond issue.
Most should have investment - grade ratings — all but a few that have issued
public bonds have had such ratings.