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Pricing Update: The Saft Group and Ensign Energy Services

Feb 2, 2012 – The French battery-maker priced a $150 million deal and Ensign came in with $300 million...

SSE Looks for $300M

Feb 2, 2012 – The fist time issuer is rated A3/A-...

Premier Oil Looks to Tap Market for $100M

Jan 30, 2012 – The repeat issuer is desginated NAIC-2 and seeks seven-year, 10-year and 12-year bullets...

Pricing Update: The Weir Group, Thames Water Utilities and Liberty Living

Jan 27, 2012 – The three UK issuers were some of the first deals to launch in 2012...

HSBC Launches Two International Deals

Jan 26, 2012 – A French battery maker and Canadian oilfield service company seek a combined $250 million...

Europe Could Offset Drop in U.S. Volume in 2012

Jan 26, 2012 – Participants at this week's Private Placements Industry Forum were optimistic for a repeat of 2011's strong deal flow...

Pricing Update: United Illuminating Company

Jan 20, 2012 – The issuer placed a $203.5 million deal this week in three tranches...

United Illuminating Powers Up $175M Launch

Jan 13, 2012 – The Connecticut utility is a repeat issuer and seeks senior, unsecured notes...

Weir Group Engineering $380M Launch

Jan 11, 2012 – The engineering firm, based in the U.K., tapped HSBC Securities and Bank of America Merrill Lynch...

Aussie Share Registry Launches $150M Deal

Jan 10, 2012 – Computershare, an existing NAIC-1, will use the proceeds to refinance bank debt and for general corporate purposes...

American Transmission Seeks $100M

Jan 5, 2012 – The Wisconsin-based electric transmission company is looking for 30-year notes...

Two UK Cos Launch First Deals of 2012

Jan 4, 2012 – Thames Water Utilities and Liberty Living go early in the 2012 market for a combined launch of $425 million...

Credit Agricole Places 1st Canada Life Insurance ABS

Dec 27, 2011 – The 144A deal is sponsored by Aurigen Reinsurance...

Sell Side Sees Unusually Busy Early Jan

Dec 15, 2011 – Agents say they already see a healthy pipeline of deals for the first two weeks of the new year, which is typically a slow time for issuers...

Pricing Update: Army Air Force Exchange Services

Dec 12, 2011 – The $200 million deal was upsized from a $150 million launch...