'In Bahrain, GIB acted as regional
lead manager for the $163 million IPO of Alba.
Muscat-based Alizz Islamic Bank has been selected to act as joint
lead manager for the recently issued Government of Oman's seven-year US dollar Sukuk.
Cain Brothers will be the
lead manager for this negotiated sale.
In September the firm broke new ground as sole
lead manager in a 10-year $300 million investment-grade bond issue by Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
The
lead manager was Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co Inc.
Caja Madrid, Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C), Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) (CAGR.PA), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) (DBK.DE), HSBC Holdings Plc (LSE: HSBA) (NYSE: HBC) (HKG: 0005) and Santander (SAN.MC) (NYSE: STD) are
lead managers on the issue.
There's no
lead manager named either, but perhaps Wit could do that itself, after all, being a
lead manager is presumably one of the reasons it is going public in the first place.
Goldman, Sachs was the
lead manager of the offering, which included such other international heavy hitters as Swiss Bank Corp., Nomura Securities, Deutsche Bank AG London and Morgan Stanley.
Accordingly, Christopher Metcalfe has been appointed as the new
lead manager on the Newton Higher Income Fund.
21 March 2012 - The first coupon guidance for the third three-year bond worth RUB5bn (USD171m/EUR129m) to be issued by Russia-based Banca Intesa has been set at 9.25-9.75%, the
lead manager of the issue Promsvyazbank said on Tuesday.
But whether the debt is public or private, every firm wants to be
lead manager. Municipalities issue bonds to pay for everything from stadiums to airports, hospitals and rapid transit systems.