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A megayacht of a trade from KfW this week suggested that potential headwinds — including the end of quantitative easing, Italy’s reckoning with the European Commission and Angela Merkel’s plan to step away from politics — are failing to sink sentiment in the euro market. But some SSA bankers warned that the trade was more just proof that KfW can float in these conditions — and that an upcoming deal for the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) will be a better buoy for the sector’s currents. -
Yapı Kredi is the latest top tier Turkish bank to refinance hard-currency debt, with a $1.1bn equivalent loan. It is the largest Turkish bank refinancing of the season, indicating that there is resilience in the market, and Garanti Bank is set to follow.
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Aryzta, the Irish/Swiss bakery, won shareholder approval for its €790m rights issue on Thursday – but only just, as its investors questioned the plan to raise capital.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has promoted Jessica Li to head of healthcare investment banking for Asia.
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Swedish Export Credit Corporation was set to price a $1bn no-grow three year global benchmark as GlobalCapital went to press on Wednesday, as the last bits of dollar supply came before an expected shutdown next week for the US mid-term elections.
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The Netherlands plans to join the burgeoning list of sovereign green bond issuers and could become the first triple-A rated country in the group. Whether the bond will be via syndication or the country's preferred auction method has yet to be decided. Meanwhile, two of the country’s public sector SRI borrowers were busy in the format this week.
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Österreichische Kontrollbank and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt priced well received dollar deals on Tuesday. The pipeline in the currency is building with Bank Nederlanse Gementeen and Swedish Export Credit Corporation having lined up three year trades.
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Tottenham Hotspur is planning to be the latest football club to sell corporate bonds after its new stadium’s construction delays and cost have again increased.
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Shinhan Bank used its position as the first dollar borrower in the market on Monday to lock up $500m, paying just a low single-digit new issue premium despite global volatility.
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Österreichische Kontrollbank will complete its benchmark funding for the year with a no-grow $1bn five year. Meanwhile, Erste Abwicklungsanstalt has lined up its second dollar deal of the year in the three year part of the curve.
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The European Stability Mechanism’s second ever dollar benchmark scored an overall average of 6.83 on BondMarker, amid a general trend of lower scores from public sector borrowers.
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