HALISTER: Amazon Agrees to Buy Middle East E-Commerce Firm Souq.Com

Amazon Agrees to Buy Middle East E-Commerce Firm Souq.Com

(Bloomberg) -- Acquisition expected to close in 2017.
  • NOTE (March 9): Amazon Said to Resume $650 Million Takeover Talks for Souq.com
  • Link to statement

Alert: HALISTER
Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

Tickers
AMZN US (Amazon.com Inc)
3465971Z UH (Jabbar Internet Group)

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HALISTER1: Banca Carige S.p.A. Covered Bonds (OBG - Mortgages - Programme 1) - DBRS Surveillance Report

Banca Carige S.p.A. Covered Bonds (OBG - Mortgages - Programme 1) - DBRS Surveillance Report

Alert: HALISTER1
Source: DBR (Dominion Bond Rating Service)

People
Chris O'Connell (DBRS Inc)
Christopher D'Onofrio (DBRS Inc)

Topics
Asset Class Focused Research
Credit Analysis Research
Credit Research
Fixed Income Research
Investment Research

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HALISTER1: AUCTION PREVIEW: German 2Y Cheap vs Peers, Mixed Outright Views

AUCTION PREVIEW: German 2Y Cheap vs Peers, Mixed Outright Views

(Bloomberg) -- Germany to sell 0% 03/2019 for EU4b at 11:30am CET.
  • Analysts note the bond offers value vs peers, though views are mixed given recent cheapening as French election concerns have reduced
  • Commerzbank (Rainer Guntermann)
    • Bond is marginally cheap vs its predecessor and surrounding OBLs, though still looks rich against the future
    • Implied repo is below -1% while actual repo rates have continued to ease recently
    • With reduced flight to quality support, today’s auction may still weigh further; flattening looks set to extend into quarter-end
  • Mizuho (Antoine Bouvet)
    • Optimistic on the sale, given recent 2Y Germany outright selloff and cheapening swap-spreads terms, which brings the sector back to an attractive entry point for tactical longs, especially going into the French election
  • ING (Martin van Vliet)
    • Bond trades at a 1bp pickup vs OBL 04/2019, 15bps special on repo, which together with the bond’s ongoing PSPP eligibility should ensure a successful auction

Alert: HALISTER1
Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

People
Rainer Guntermann (Commerzbank AG)
Antoine Bouvet (Mizuho Financial Group Inc)
Martin Van Vliet (ING Groep NV)

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HALISTER: Didi Said to Be Weighing $6 Billion SoftBank-Backed Investment

Didi Said to Be Weighing $6 Billion SoftBank-Backed Investment

Alert: HALISTER
Source: BN (Bloomberg News)

Tickers
9984 JP (SoftBank Group Corp)
AAPL US (Apple Inc)
700 HK (Tencent Holdings Ltd)
0084207D US (Uber Technologies Inc)
1284375D CH (Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc)

People
Cheng Wei (People's Republic of China)
Canny Lo (Tencent Inc)
Carolyn Wu (Apple Inc)
Lawrence Ellison (Oracle Corp)
Masayoshi Son (SoftBank Group Corp)

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