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JPM’s Southern Montana Deal Likely to Price Next Week

JPMorgan Securities’ private placement for Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative is expected to price next week...

Wells Fargo Gets $200 Million for Helmerich & Payne

Tulsa, Okla.-based oil and gas company Helmerich & Payne Inc. tapped the U.S. private placement market for $200 million in an upsized deal via Wells Fargo last week...

Canada’s Saputo Issues Placement to U.S. Investors

Montreal-based diary products company Saputo Inc. issued a Canadian-dollar denominated private placement to three U.S. investors...

Mexican Food Company Herdez Seeks Funds

Mexico-based food processor and marketer Grupo Herdez is looking to tap the U.S. private placement market via JPMorgan Securities...

IMI Gets $175 Million in Private Funds via HSBC/RBS

U.K.-based engineering company IMI plc got $175 million in funds last week in a private placement led by HSBC Securities and RBS Greenwich Capital...

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Private Market Again Alive With Deal Talk, If Not Deals

The private placement market was again abuzz last week with a new round of whispers about potential deals, though most are not expected to launch or price until after the Private Placements Industry Forum later this week.

Barclays/JPMorgan Open Private Market With QinetiQ

Barclays Capital and JPMorgan Securities were in the market last week with a private placement for U.K.-based defense and security technology company QinetiQ Group plc, sources confirmed.

Private Market Shows Signs of Vigor

With the New Year just one full week old, the private placement market is already showing signs of a solid start to 2009. On the back of a strong week in the public market-with a variety of large deals having priced-chatter about upcoming private placements abounded.

Buzz Box

For the record...energy company Avista Corp. tapped the private placement market for $30 million in a first mortgage bond via KeyBanc Capital Markets in late December.

The 10 Biggest Private Placements of 2008

Last year turned out to be another tumultuous one for the private placement market, starting out with a solid first half but slowing to a crawl for the entire fourth quarter. The year was not without its highlights, however, including a month of May that saw nearly $5 billion priced, as well as the following top 10 biggest private placements of 2008...

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