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Monday, December 13, 2010

Aurora Diagnostics plans debt as junk bonds sales rebound

Aurora Diagnostics Inc., a provider of diagnostic laboratory services, plans to sell U.S. debt after sales of junk bonds rose last week to the highest level since September.

Aurora diagnosis can sell $ 230 million seven-year notes, according to a person familiar with the operation. Debt can be issued as early as today, said the person, who requested anonymity because the terms are not set.

High risk, sales of companies with high bond yields rose last week to $ 12 billion, the most since the period ended September 24. The issue is accelerating as consumer confidence rose to U.S. a maximum of six months and exports rose to the highest since August 2008.

Novelis Inc., the unit of Atlanta-based aluminum India's Hindalco Industries Ltd., sold $ 2.5 billion of notes in an offering of two parts of Australia Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. for $ 1.5 billion of debt after nearly doubling the size of its operation to bring the issue of junk-rated corporate bonds last week.

The extra yield investors demand to have speculative-grade bonds shrank by 6 basis points on December 10 for 554, the narrowest since April 29, while yields were little changed at 7.93 percent, according to the Bank United States of America High-yield Master II index. Spreads tightened 38 basis points and yields fell 7 basis points last week, the index data show.

The high-yield bonds are rated below Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service and below BBB-by Standard & Poor's. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.

Credit Ratings

Aurora Diagnostic notes' are classified B2 by Moody's and "CCC +" by Standard & Poor's. The company Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, based on plans to use proceeds from its sale to refinance debt, pay for the acquisition and for general corporate purposes, the source said.

Spreads on investment grade bonds tightened 11 basis points to 171 last week and yields rose 29 basis points to 4.144 percent, according to Merrill Lynch Bank of America U.S. index Corporate Master.

Societe Generale SA, the Paris-based bank, and Merck & Co., the drug maker's second-largest U.S. after Pfizer Inc., for every dollar of debt sold 2 million for direct investment grade offerings in the U.S. last week.

The following is a description of at least 4.24 billion U.S. dollars of pending sales of bonds denominated in U.S. dollars

Investment Grade

FIRST GULF BANK PJSC plans to sell bonds denominated in dollars and five years can yield between 3.25 percent and 3.5 percent, said three people familiar with the transaction, who declined to be identified because the terms are not set. BNP Paribas SA, Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings Plc and National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC are organizing meetings with investors, two people, said on 1 November. The lender based in Abu Dhabi is rated A2 by Moody's.

TRANSNET LTD., State ports in South Africa, rail and pipeline operator, said it would sell $ 1 billion of bonds in international markets to fund the expansion. Transnet has 35.2 billion rand (U.S. $ 5 billion) of debt outstanding.

High Performance

Syniverse Holdings Inc., the communications equipment to be acquired by Carlyle Group, plans to sell $ 475 million eight-year senior notes, according to a person familiar with the operation. The income can be used to finance the acquisition, said the person, who requested anonymity because the terms are not set. Debt can be described Caa1 by Moody's Investors Service and B-by Standard & Poor's, said the source.

NCO Financial Group Inc., the insurance company formerly known as Conseco Inc., plans to sell $ 300 million seven year senior secured notes, according to a company press release distributed by PR Newswire. The revenues can be used, together with loans under a new $ 325 000 000 secured credit facility and available cash, to retire existing senior credit financial CNO, the Caramel, Indiana-based company said in a statement.

RES-Care Inc., a provider of support services to people with special needs, plans to sell $ 200 million senior notes due in 2018 through a private placement, the company said in a statement distributed by Globe Newswire. The revenues can be used to repurchase outstanding senior notes due 2013 and to fund an exchange of shares in a subsidiary of Onex Corp. will acquire Res-Care, the statement said.

AURORA Diagnostics Inc., a closely held company specialized laboratory, plans to sell $ 230 million seven year senior unsecured notes, according to a person familiar with the deal, who declined to be identified because the terms are not set. The bonds may be issued through the company's diagnostic Holdings LLC Aurora and Aurora Diagnostics Financing Inc. unit, the source said.

ConvaTec Inc., a medical products company, plans to sell 1.87 billion U.S. dollars in bonds to refinance debt to finance leveraged buyouts, according to three people with knowledge of the transaction. The company, owned by Nordic Capital AB and Avista Capital Partners, will issue 1.18 billion U.S. dollars eight-year senior unsecured notes denominated in dollars and euros and the equivalent of $ 690 million seven-year senior secured notes in euros, said people, who declined to be identified because the sale is private.

IFH PERU LTD. plans to add up to $ 100 million to 8,625 of its 2,019 percent bonds, according to two people with knowledge of the sale. IM Barclays Capital and Trust is managing the sale.

SWIFT SERVICES Holdings Inc., a unit of the largest truck carrier in North America, plans to sell $ 490 million eight-year senior secured bonds of second priority, according to two people with knowledge of the sale. Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and UBS AG are managing the sale. The notes will be used to repay existing debt, the people said.

MDA Lending Solutions, information and service provider solutions to real estate lenders, may sell $ 175 million senior subordinated notes to help pay for its leveraged buyout by TPG Capital, according to a statement from Moody's. The MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. unit is also seeking $ 400 million loan.

AFRENA PLC, a UK oil and gas explorer focused on West Africa, hired Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and BNP Paribas SA to manage the sale of senior secured bonds in dollars, according to two people with knowledge of the sale. The company, bond investors in Europe and the U.S., said the people, who declined to be identified because the terms are not set.

Cyrela Brazil Realty SA Empreendimentos e Participacoes, Brazil's largest construction company, hired by the Banco do Brasil SA, Credit Suisse Group AG, Itau and Unibanco Holdings SA Morgan Stanley to arrange meetings bond investors, according to a person familiar with the matter. Cyrela will meet investors in Asia, Europe and the U.S., said the person, who declined to be identified because the talks are private. S & P raised its rating on the company one step at BB on 30 September.

DELONG HOLDINGS LTD., A steel trader based in Singapore, has hired Credit Suisse Group AG to help arrange meetings with investors before an international sale of senior secured bonds. The money raised will be used to redeem 5 percent convertible bonds due 2012 to pay bank loans and purchases related to iron ore and other raw materials used by the steel industry, the company said in a informed the Singapore Stock Exchange. The dollar-denominated notes were assigned a provisional rating of B3 by Moody's, the company's credit risk in a note.

Flakeboard Co., the Canadian producer of fibers and particles used to make furniture and countertops, plans to sell $ 225 million senior secured notes due 2017, S & P said in a statement. Company rating grades the U.S. proposal of debt denominated in dollars and B, the statement said.

PT ENERGI MEGA Persada, the other part of Indonesia, the largest oil company in the list, Nomura Holdings Inc. hired to help with a sale of dollar bonds, according to a person familiar with the matter who declined to be identified because the terms are not set.

IF THE ORGANIZATION INC, Lockheed Martin Corp. unit formerly known as the Group of integration of the company, may sell $ 175 million senior subordinated notes, S & P. The revenues can be used with $ 340 million bank debt and $ 370 million new common shares to pay for its acquisition of Veritas Capital, S & P said.

Pipeline Offerings

American International Group, the insurer bailed out by the U.S. government is considering a sale of new debt, a person familiar with the matter. The company has not considered a deadline for when it might sell more bonds, said the person, who requested anonymity because the terms are not set. AIG sold $ 2 billion of bonds from 01 December in its first offer, since he was rescued by the U.S. government in 2008.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SA, a lender controlled by the State in India to project power, hired Credit Agricole CIB, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Standard Chartered Plc to sell $ 500 million in bonds. Rural Electrification is to note the price of 5.5 years to produce between 195 basis points and 200 basis points more than similar maturity U.S. Treasuries Director of Finance Khunteta Hari Das said in a telephone interview from New Delhi on 10 November.

PTT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION PCL, Thailand contained only oil and gas explorer, plans to sell bonds denominated in U.S. dollars, according to a person familiar with the deal. PTT Exploration hired Barclays Plc to manage the sale, said the person, who requested anonymity because the terms are not set. Barclays is a U.S. organization program dollar medium-term notes for the company, the source said.

PTA Bank, and Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank has hired HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Bank Group Ltd. for meetings bond investors in Europe and Asia, according to two people with knowledge of the sale. The meetings will be held in Hong Kong, Singapore, Zurich, Geneva and London, said the people, who declined to be identified because the terms are not set. The company may sell bonds in dollars after the meetings, the people said.

MXO specialized machinery Trust, a special purpose company intended to provide mechanical engineering services for Corporacion GEO, SAB de CV, Banco Santander SA hired to organize the meetings of bond investors, according to a person with knowledge of the sale. A sale of dollar bonds can follow the matches to be held in London, Boston, New York and Los Angeles, said the person, who requested anonymity because the terms are not set.

CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW plans to sell dollar bonds five years, according to a person familiar with the operation. The Reg S stock sale is being organized by Commerzbank AG, ING Groep NV and Raiffeisen International Bank, said the banker.

DOHA BANK QSC, the third largest bank in Qatar, has hired Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to manage a planned 500 million U.S. dollars in bond sales, its chief executive, said. The offer, announced in Qatar Exchange Web site will be marketed to investors in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, Raghavan Seetharaman said in a telephone interview on 20 October.

BELARUS can sell debt in the U.S. and Asia, according to Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets. "We are undoubtedly entering the Asia and U.S. markets," he said in an interview Kharkovets 15 October in Moscow, declined to comment on the timing of sales possible.

GEORGIA RAIL LLC, the former Soviet republic of the state railway company, is preparing an exhibition in the U.S. bond, Giorgi Gagnidze, chief financial officer, said in comments broadcast on Rustavi-2 television.

AL BARAKA BANK OF EGYPT CES Group a unit of Bahrain-based Albaraka Banking, may sell dollar-denominated Islamic bonds in the second half of 2011, the bank's president said on 29 September. The bank has not decided on the size of the bond, he said.

TURKIYE IS Bankasi AS hired JPMorgan Chase & Co., Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Standard Bank Plc and Standard Chartered to help find buyers for a sale of bonds in the meetings scheduled in the U.S. and Europe. Isbank made the announcement of the Istanbul Stock Exchange after the market regulator approved the sale of 1450 billion lire ($ 1,030,000,000) bond by the bank. Isbank said the sale will be in dollars.

AEGIS LTD., An external drive from Essar Group, may sell non-convertible bonds in dollars first company information technology in India. The company, which bought PeopleSupport Inc. in 2008, can sell their bonds as part of a financing package that includes a loan of up to $ 350 million to consolidate debt, finance director of CM Sharma said.

JSW Steel Ltd., the third largest steel company in India, plans to sell dollar bonds for the first time in three years as finance rupee-denominated costs rise. JSW has applied for credit rating before a bond sale on the high seas as possible to help build a plant of 200 million rupees (4.3 billion) steel and power in West Bengal, said Finance Director Seshagiri Rao.

ARGENTINA can sell $ 1 billion of bonds due in 2017, the newspaper The Chronicle, without saying how it obtained the information. The government is also planning to offer an exchange of dollar bonds due in 2011 and 2012, the publication based in Buenos Aires, he said.

Indonesia plans to name three banks to help sell about $ 650 million Islamic bonds, Siamat Dahlan, head of Islamic finance in the Ministry of Finance said in a telephone interview in Jakarta. The government sold its first international Islamic bonds in dollars in April 2009.

URUGUAY can sell up to $ 1 billion of bonds in 2011, including $ 500 million dollar debt, Carlos Steneri, director of public credit in the Uruguay Ministry of Economy and Finance said in a June 3 conference Latin Finance in London. The dollar-denominated bonds may last 20 years or more, Steneri said.

MALAYSIA plans to raise about $ 1 billion in its first sale of dollar bonds conventional eight years after drawing five times the rates for Islamic debt offerings, a Finance Ministry official said. The government can hire to banks CIMB Group Holdings Bhd and HSBC Holdings Plc to arrange the sale on 30 September, said the official, who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private. Malaysia raised $ 1,250,000,000 dollars a bond Shariah-compliant on 27 May. Malaysia is rated A3 by Moody's and A-by S & P.

GHANA is considering selling its bonds in dollars in 2011 to take advantage of investor demand and the start of oil production drives economic growth and reduce the budget deficit, Deputy Finance Minister Fifi Kwetey said. The government was considering a "no-deal roadshow" to gauge the appetite of international investors, Kwetey said in an interview May 26 in Abidjan. Ghana sold its first global bond in 2007, raising $ 750 million to help finance the construction of roads and power plants.

MONGOLIA plans to raise $ 500 million bond sale in 2010 and the rest of a projected 1.2 billion U.S. dollars of the program will be sold according to market conditions, Batbayar Balgo, director general of the department of financial and economic policy Mongolia, told a forum in Ulan Bator on June 16. The government dropped its plans to sell global bonds after the debt crisis of Europe drove up borrowing costs. Investment banks are advising Mongolia to issue debt with a maturity of 5 years to 10 years, Finance Minister Sangajav Bayartsogt said in an interview from 09 February. Values can produce 8 percent to 11 percent, he said.

Saudi Arabia said it would cut exports to Asia in gasoline refinery maintenance

Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's biggest state-owned oil can reduce gasoline exports to Asia next year due to the maintenance of refineries, said buyers were notified of the company's plans during the talks supply.

The company, also known as Saudi Aramco, could reduce shipments of 10 to 20 percent in the first half of 2011, said four buyers who participated in the discussions of the contract earlier this month, requesting anonymity that discussions were confidential. Asia buys about 4 million tons of naphtha through long term contracts with Saudi Arabia every six months, according to estimates by two people.

Supplies are likely to decrease in February or March, when the producer carries out maintenance work at a refinery in Jubail, the people said. Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co., or Sasref, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, located in Jubail, will hold its next full stop in 2011, a company official said in January 2009.

Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co., a joint venture between Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Saudi Aramco, also plans to close its plant maintenance for 30 days after the third week of April, Ziad Al-Labban, the unit executive director, said at a conference on 8 December.

Refining margins for gasoline have risen amid speculation Saudi Arabia cut supplies next year, buyers said. The price of gasoline grade open specification for delivery to Japan on a premium of $ 161.02 a tonne above Brent crude on 10 December, compared with $ 138.74 a tonne on November 10 as data compiled by us. The value of the crack spread has increased by 16 percent from the previous month.

Premium Price

The producer set the price of gasoline Rabigh of dedication to buyers in Asia in the first half of 2011 with a premium of $ 16 per tonne above the benchmark formula, two people involved in the negotiations, said on December 1 . A-180 grade was sold at a premium of $ 17 per ton, Jubail at $ 15 per ton and 310-A $ 14 per tonne. A-310 is loaded from the Red Sea port of Ras Tanura.

Supplies in the six months to December this year, Saudi Aramco Rabigh naphtha degree offered $ 21 per tonne above its reference point and Jubail at a premium of $ 19 a tonne, traders said in May. Jeddah grade sold for $ 17 per tonne, a level-310 at $ 19 a tonne and a degree-180 at $ 20 a ton.

Saudi Aramco sold out of gas on board, that require buyers to pay shipping. The formula contains reference point naphtha prices published by Platts Middle East and Argus Media Group, two servings of oil pricing. The company sells gasoline on an annual basis under contracts that allow renegotiation of the terms this summer.

Naphtha, distilled from crude oil, is a raw material for gasoline and petrochemicals.

Gold Gains in London Trading

Gold gained in London as investors sought protection from the wealth of the debt problems of Europe and as China's decision to keep a lid on interest rates may stimulate demand.

China, which last week raised the reserve ratios for banks by half a percent, did not increase interest rates this weekend, even after consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in more than two years in November. The euro was little changed against the dollar amid signs of division among European governments on how to contain the crisis in the region of the debt.

"The current uncertainty over the euro zone debt and inflationary pressures in China increasingly create a positive environment for future earnings bullion," said James Moore, analyst at TheBullionDesk.com in London, in a report.

immediately bullion delivery added $ 5.02, or 0.4 percent, to $ 1,391.02 an ounce at 9:01 am in London. Prices reached a record $ 1431.25 on 7 December. The metal for delivery in February was 0.5 percent, to $ 1,391.70 in the Comex in New York.

The People's Bank of China on December 10 ordered banks to park more money with the central bank for the third time in five weeks. Copper rose to a record today and other products purchased on speculation demand from countries in Asia will increase. China is the largest buyer of gold jewelry after India and some investors buy gold as a hedge against rising consumer prices and low interest rates.

"Gold is rising along with other commodities as investors buy commodities in anticipation of even higher prices," said Liu Yangyi, operator of Beijing Zhong Jing He Investments. "The potential for a major adjustment in China is still a risk."

"Structural weaknesses"

Union leaders attending a summit on December 16 and 17, with Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg for euro-zone bonds, while Germany and France oppose the idea. the survival of the euro is "not negotiable", that require monitoring of the budget and closer economic cooperation to overcome the "structural weaknesses" in the euro area, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said 10 December.

gold assets in exchange-traded products fell 2.35 to 2093.41 tons metric tons on 10 December. Holdings reached a record 2,104.65 tonnes on 14 October. won silver holdings to 18.95 tonnes 15,039.14 tonnes, the highest amount since at least February, data from four suppliers of entertainment.

Silver for immediate delivery in London rose 1.8 percent to $ 29.1775 an ounce. It rose to $ 30.7025 on December 7, the highest since March 1980 and 73 percent this year. Prices reached a record high of $ 50.35 in New York in 1980, a year after the Hunt brothers tried to corner the market.

Palladium rose 1.3 percent to $ 745.25 an ounce. It rose to $ 779.10 on 3 December, the highest since April 2001. Platinum was 0.4 percent, to $ 1,688.50 an ounce.

Rubber rose to a record as the rain cut production in Southeast Asia

Rubber rose to a record as the rain cut production in Southeast Asia, the worsening shortage of demand for the raw material used in tires is expanding in China and India. The spot price in Thailand reached a record high.

Rubber May delivery on the Commodity Exchange in Tokyo rose to as high as 400 yen per kilo (4746 ton), before the night is called trading at 399.6 yen. Trade in this session will be resolved on Tuesday.

Futures advanced after China's central bank failed to interest rates increasing and government reports showed that China's economy is gaining momentum, raising speculation that increased consumer demand will continue to expand. The growth of China's industrial output accelerated to 13.3 percent last month from a year earlier, exceeding economists' estimates, the median of 13 percent.

"The figures of China witnessed rapid economic growth, regardless of government measures to cool the expansion," said Takaki Shigemoto, an analyst at research firm JSC Corp. in Tokyo, by telephone today. "The data, together with the lack of a rate increase by China, has created an optimistic mood among investors, leading to a rally in stocks and commodities markets."

rubber in Shanghai in May delivery rose as much as 4.5 percent to close at a limit of 35,320 yuan ($ 5,302) per tonne. The contract reached a record 38,920 yuan on Nov. 11.

The Shanghai Composite Index, which remains the largest stock exchanges in China, gained as much as 2.9 percent, to 2,923.77. China's central bank ordered banks to set aside more reserves instead of increasing borrowing costs as expected by investors over the weekend.

'Positive news'

central bank's lack of action "is pretty good news:" Zhen, who helps manage 301 million U.S. dollars as general manager of Shanghai Huili Asset Management. "The central bank will be very cautious about interest rates."

China's increased reserve requirements for banks to reduce the chance of an increase in interest rates before the end of this year to less than 50 percent, Credit Suisse Group AG said.

The brokerage reiterated its prediction that China will raise interest rates in more than 200 points at the end of 2011, the report said analyst Dong Tao.

cash rubber in Thailand rose to a record 138.55 baht per kilogram, driven by a shortage of supply and the demonstration in Tokyo, according to the Rubber Research Institute of Thailand.

The price is likely to extend gains as production of latex in the country begins a seasonal decline as early as next month, said Hisaaki Tasaka, Tokyo-based analyst ACE agent Koeki Co.

China, India

"The rain persists in southern Thailand, causing a lack of supply," said Varut Rungkhum, commodities analyst at wealth Agro Ltd. Agent by telephone from Bangkok.

A weaker yen was also supported by rubber Kunthongjun Sureerat analyst Agrow Enterprise Ltd., said by telephone from Bangkok. The dollar was trading at 84.19 yen from 83.95 yen on Friday.

The deficit in India could expand to 840,000 tons in 2020 to 175,000 tons next year, according to Vinod Simon, president of the Association of Industries of All India rubber. In 2015, the shortfall may be 687,000 tons, said Simon.

China sales of passenger cars and sport utility vehicles and multipurpose increased 29.3 percent to 1.34 million last month, exceeding the previous record of 1.32 million in January, according to the China Association of Manufacturers Autos. The pace of growth was the fastest since April.

Gold may exceed the silver



Gold may exceed the silver, the lifting of the relationship between the two metals up to 20 percent, according to the technical analysis of Societe Generale SA.

The graph shows the relationship of gold to silver was steady after falling as low as 46.6 last week, near a line of channel support from two years and minimum of 2008 and 1999. The second graph shows the proportion may rise to between about 56 and 58, which are levels of falling back in June that was highlighted in the analysis of Fibonacci call.

"The proportion of gold and silver reached an important support for 47.5/46," said Stephanie Aymerich, cross-products analyst at Societe Generale technicians in London. "Gold will outperform silver to 56/58."

An ounce of gold bought only 46.6 ounces of silver in London on 7 December, the lowest in almost four years. Precious metals gain this year in the demand for wealth protection and an alternative to currencies. Some investors are betting that the money can benefit from economic recovery of 2010 pushed the metal to pass 70 percent, gold by beating 26 percent profit. Silver is used in industry than gold.

The relationship between the relative strength index of 14 days last month bounced back from two years the trend line and the decline in support has been "bullish divergences publishing," said Aymerich. The index fell to 14.7 on 8 November and was at 36.66 on December 10. Some analysts believe that a level of 30 as an indication of possible winnings.

Gold for immediate delivery reached a record $ 1431.25 an ounce on 07 December and was trading at $ 1,386 at the end of last week. Silver last week rose to a 30 years high of $ 30.7025 per ounce and closed at $ 28.6712. The ratio was at 48.3054 on December 10.

In technical analysis, investors and analysts charts on trading patterns and prices to forecast changes in the security, commodity, currency or index. Fibonacci analysis is based on the theory that prices tend to increase or decrease in certain percentages after reaching a high or low.