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Foreign and domestic banks flocked to the UK this week as they sought to take advantage of stellar funding conditions in the sterling market. Bankers said this was the first chance issuers had to benefit from opportunities in the currency following December’s general election, which removed a lot of short-term uncertainty around Brexit. -
Export Development Canada has started its 2020 funding with a Sonia floating rate note, after the European Investment Bank earlier this week brought the first trade in the format of the year.
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Crossover credit Cellnex, the Spanish mobile phone mast owner, offered investment grade bond investors the chance to pick up some spread on Thursday, while unrated Air France-KLM waits in the wings.
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ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank opened books on new senior deals in the sterling bond market, with bankers recognising that the currency is 'working very well' for international names.
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Calisen Group, the KKR-backed manufacturer of smart energy appliances, is preparing to raise £300m via an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, having announced its intention to float on Thursday.
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Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel made a splash in the equities market this week, bagging $2bn from a qualified institutional placement (QIP) and $1bn from a convertible bond, the first equity-linked issue in the country in more than two years. Both the deals received a big thumbs-up from investors, reports Jonathan Breen.
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The European Investment Bank delivered 2020’s first Sonia bond on Wednesday, adding to a streak of hot deals in sterling. The second Sonia deal is set to follow on Thursday.
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Investors piled into the euro public sector bond market on Wednesday, allowing borrowers to achieve well subscribed order books and minimal new issue concessions for a range of maturities.
