Barclays
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France impressed SSA bankers as it paid a tiny new issue premium for a new 30 year OAT via syndication on Tuesday. -
France is preparing a 30 year OAT syndication, capitalising on a market that seems eager for paper that has snapped up an EFSF tap with an order book more than eight times subscribed.
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Europe’s high grade corporations are lining up bond issues in euro and sterling for this week, which could be the last before the market slows down for a summer break. Meanwhile, analysts and investors agree that there is considerable room for borrowers to sharply ramp up primary market activity in the next session.
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Three infrequent FIG borrowers are set to drop into a stable euro market this week, with Arion Bank, Banca Popolare di Sondrio and Westpac New Zealand all preparing senior deals .
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Mister Spex, the German eyewear retailer, remained buoyant in trading on Friday after its €326m IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Prada, the Italian fashion house, has completed an amend and extend operation on its main bank revolving credit facility. Lenders say similar deals will make up the bulk of their business for the rest of the year.
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A senior debt capital markets banker at HSBC in Hong Kong is moving to Barclays, GlobalCapital Asia has learnt.
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UniCredit plans to make labelled financing a regular part of its funding across the group, following the launch of its debut labelled bond this week. Its first deal proved popular as it stacked up more than €3.25bn of demand.
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SoftBank returned to euro and dollar bond markets after a three year absence to issue an eight tranche deal, raising more than $7bn-equivalent from total demand of more than $16bn, and hitting every empty spot in its funding curve at once.
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Greece's Alpha Bank attracted healthy demand for its €800m share sale, in the latest sign of the country’s economic rehabilitation following the eurozone crisis.
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UniCredit took a large chunk of its additional tier one (AT1) funding off the table ahead of the summer break with the sale of a €750m note on Wednesday.
