Cleanaway Waste Management priced the tightest deal from an unrated Australian industrial issuer in the USPP market since the financial crisis with its recent transaction, placement agents say. The issuer undertook the deal to term out bank debt it took on following an acquisition in 2018 and it says further expansion is on the horizon.
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