Grand Place Brussels, Belgium at dusk.
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The scores have been collated. See how market participants rated Belgium’s €6bnn dual tranche, EFSF’s €1.5bn 26 year, Finland’s €4.5bn note and the two dollar deals from BNG and EIB.
Picking the wrong deal to finance can lead to public opprobrium. Banks must abandon the fiction that they are mere conduits for their clients if they care about reputational risk