BMO Capital Markets
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New York seemed set to avoid Hurricane Florence but US investors whipped up a storm of their own as they poured cash into a succession of big ticket deals from blue-chip domestic and Yankee names. -
The Inter-American Development Bank and KfW drew strong demand in the dollar SSA market on Tuesday, with the former issuing just the fourth 10 year dollar benchmark from an SSA of the year.
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SSA issuance in Canadian dollars is enjoying a renaissance, with a pair of deals this week taking July to a record monthly volume and a tenor last seen several years ago returning.
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The World Bank sold a sustainable development bond in Canadian dollars on Thursday that took issuance in the currency from non-Canadian SSAs in July to its busiest month ever.
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The Canadian dollar market could see a resurgence in SSA issuance, said bankers, after the European Investment Bank printed a deal in a rare tenor for the currency this week.
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) visited the Canadian dollar market for the first time in more than 10 years this week, matching its largest ever deal in the currency for size.
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Bank of Montreal made the most of US earnings blackouts and re-opened the dollar market this week with a $2.25bn deal amid improving market conditions.
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Carmakers took advantage of a light calendar and an improving backdrop to reopen the dollar bond market after a week-long supply drought.
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Bway, the US container maker, is including €475m of euro bonds in the leveraged financing for its $1bn acquisition of rival Industrial Container Services, in a sign of the increasing attractiveness of euro high yield markets.
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Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum has slashed 90bp off the margin of its $5bn reserves-based lending facility, as borrowers continue to heap pressure on lenders over pricing.
