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Indian Railway Finance Corp postponed its dual-tranche dollar bond offering on Monday when faced with a volatile market backdrop that ‘bamboozled’ the banks running the deal. -
APA Group, the Australian gas infrastructure company, has become the latest non-European company to mandate banks for an investment grade bond in euros, as debt bankers say calmer markets in the currency are proving a magnet to foreign issuers.
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The European Stability Mechanism headed to the five year part of the euro curve on Monday to complete its first quarter funding target.
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Italy made its long-awaited green bond debut this week, and set new records for the biggest and longest sovereign green bond.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond investors had their pick of US names this week, with issuers cramming in to raise €7.2bn of debt across 10 tranches.
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Bank of Ireland’s inaugural green bond attracted the largest financial senior book in euros this week, peaking at €2.5bn, as it offered investors a chance to pick up labelled paper at a shorter tenor and with plenty of spread.
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AusNet Services, the Australian power networks company, and Italian power company Enel earned rapturous responses from investors for euro hybrid capital bond issues this week, even though the trades followed a sell-off in riskier assets.
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Grid operator Transpower New Zealand returned to the Swissie market this week, landing through its outstanding curve while offering a small premium over Swissgrid.
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Daimler, the German car maker, sold green debt on Thursday. Though the company printed inside its conventional curve, it did not match the sort of negative concessions it achieved in its debut green outing.
