BNP Paribas
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Argenta Spaarbank and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group were both marketing senior bonds on Tuesday, making use of the favourable backdrop in the primary market. While Sumitomo was quick to build demand for its bond, Argenta struggled to gather enough demand volume to move the spread from price thoughts. -
Three issuers spanning the CEEMEA region released initial guidance for dollar deals on Tuesday morning in London — one each from Russia, Abu Dhabi and Togo. All three bonds are expected to be printed later on Tuesday.
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The euro SSA market kicked off this week with KfW targeting the long end and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) hitting screens for a 10 year euro green bond — its third syndicated bond in as many currencies in just a few days.
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Germany’s ZF Friedrichshafen set final terms on a multi-tranche €2.7bn bond on Monday, with the car parts maker seeing far more demand at wider spreads than where it raised a similar amount in the Schuldschein market in recent weeks.
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UBI Banca launched a €500m non-preferred senior bond this week, supported by orders of €1.4bn at peak, but it had to pay a new issue premium, according to a FIG banker.
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SoftwareOne Holding, the KKR-backed IT services company, is making good progress on its IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange, despite market sentiment being hit by the poor aftermarket performance of TeamViewer, the German software company that listed in Frankfurt last month.
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The six biggest US investment banks alongside three European firms have created DirectBooks to assist primary market bond sales. It aims to start in the US investment grade corporate market before branching out to other fixed income products.
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Enel, the Italian power and gas company that is the first, and only, issuer of bonds with sustainability-linked coupons, proved this week that the structure appeals to European green-minded investors, by raising €2.5bn at a spread several basis points tighter than it could have achieved with a normal bond. Jon Hay and Mike Turner report.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Ireland faced off in the euro green bond market on Thursday.
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Greece returned to the capital markets this week with its fourth syndicated bond of the year as it tapped its 10 year note at a record low yield. Meanwhile, Cyprus is set to go on a global roadshow to plan its funding for 2020.
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Investors flocked to Thai Oil Public Co's 30 year bond this week, seizing the opportunity to get yield from a long-dated note.
