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The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and the Bank of England hit screens with dollar mandates on Monday to start what should be a busy week of supply in the currency for public sector borrowers, according to bankers. -
KfW found plenty of appetite in the sterling market on Monday, allowing it to increase its target size during the book build for a tap, before printing an even larger size of £750m. FMS Wertmanagement will add to the sterling supply on Tuesday after picking banks for its second fixed rate benchmark in the currency this year.
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Cadent Gas has entered the US private placement (US PP) market via Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Lloyds, according to market participants.
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Chinese property issuers led the reopening of Asia’s offshore bond market following a week-long holiday in the Mainland to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Investors responded to the new deals with enthusiasm.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has ramped up its Brexit preparations by establishing a new EU broker dealer and appointing Sanaz Zaimi as its CEO.
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Blackstone Property Partners Europe on Friday made its third visit to the corporate bond market in eight months and opted for a maturity between its two outstanding bonds. The property fund has now printed €1.75bn of bonds since it sold its Logicor logistics business to China Investment Corp in June 2017.
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Akbank is kicking off the first set of refinancings of the year for Turkish banks, launching its syndication with a smaller volume and tighter margins than last year’s deal. But lenders are divided on whether the deal represents an achievement for the Turkish bank, or betrays an outlook festooned with risk. Mariam Meskin reports.
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KfW set yet another landmark for a supranational and agency sterling market enjoying its best ever start to the year, as the German borrower drew a big book while placing the longest dated new issue of the year so far on Wednesday.
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It does not make sense for the UK Debt Management Office (DMO) to change its index for inflation linked bonds before the government has decided on its preferred measure of inflation, said market participants, responding to a report from the country’s politicians.
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Jefferies said on Thursday that it has appointed Tony White, one of a number of recent hires for its UK investment banking team.
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Mashreqbank, the largest privately owned bank in the United Arab Emirates, is embarking on a roadshow to market a dollar benchmark five year fixed rate Reg S senior unsecured bond.
