January 12, 2009 |
Past Issues |
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.
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.
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.