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After a quiet start to February, property developers from China are making the most out of a liquid bond market, pricing dollar bonds way inside of initial guidance and still watching their bonds trade well in the aftermarket. The rush shows no signs of slowing down. Addison Gong reports. -
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A pair of triple-A SSA borrowers built heavily oversubscribed books — and one printed its largest ever deal — on Wednesday in a dollar market that is still attracting heavy demand and performing in secondary despite already tight levels.
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The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) is looking to sell its first social bond this year following its inaugural Green trade this week. The agency is also keeping a close watch on the SOFR market.
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Korea Development Bank has raised $1bn from a dual-tranche bond that came inside its secondary curve, as investors flocked to high quality, investment grade rated credits.
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A strong start to the year for public sector dollar issuance is keeping up the pace so far this week, with last week’s slowdown during the Chinese New Year holidays only appearing to make investors hungrier. Both of Tuesday’s dollar deals were well oversubscribed — one spectacularly so — and there is a full card of issuers waiting to come on Wednesday.
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On Tuesday, Swedish telecoms company Telia sold the longest maturity corporate bond deal of 2019 so far. Telia had not been to the market for nearly two years, but has a history of long-dated issuance.
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Chinese real estate companies Zhenro Properties and China Aoyuan Group reopened the Asian offshore bond market with a bang, as cash rich investors flocked to their transactions.
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The International Development Association is preparing a short-term borrowing programme that the issuer told GlobalCapital will be similar in form to the commercial paper offerings of its peers the European Investment Bank and KfW. A second benchmark — likely to be in sterling or a niche currency — or a debut private medium-term note could follow, the borrower added.
