BNP Paribas
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Two Nordic telecoms companies sold euro corporate bonds this week after both spending nearly two years on the sidelines. Both employed no-grow strategies, and Swedish company Telia sold the longest maturity corporate bond deal of 2019 so far. -
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A pair of triple-A SSA borrowers built heavily oversubscribed books — and one printed its largest ever deal — on Wednesday in a dollar market that is still attracting heavy demand and performing in secondary despite already tight levels.
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Korea Development Bank has raised $1bn from a dual-tranche bond that came inside its secondary curve, as investors flocked to high quality, investment grade rated credits.
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A strong start to the year for public sector dollar issuance is keeping up the pace so far this week, with last week’s slowdown during the Chinese New Year holidays only appearing to make investors hungrier. Both of Tuesday’s dollar deals were well oversubscribed — one spectacularly so — and there is a full card of issuers waiting to come on Wednesday.
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The European Financial Stability Facility completed its funding for the first quarter with a dual tranche offering on Tuesday, which was priced with minimal concession, according to the leads.
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On Tuesday, Swedish telecoms company Telia sold the longest maturity corporate bond deal of 2019 so far. Telia had not been to the market for nearly two years, but has a history of long-dated issuance.
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The European Financial Stability Facility mandated banks on Monday for a long five year and a tap of its February 2043 bond.
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Shares in Symrise, the German supplier of food flavouring and fragrances, rose as much as 2.1% on Friday morning after the company completed a €400m capital increase to finance its acquisition of International Dehydrated Foods in the US.
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BNP Paribas and Société Générale both announced new plans to slim down their investment banks this week. They posted sharp drops in revenue across global markets operations that were, on balance, a bit worse than those registered so far by the rest of the industry.
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