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China’s Panda bond market is gaining traction with the National Bank of Canada (NBC) establishing a Rmb5bn ($750m) programme, becoming only the second issuer from the country to seek onshore renminbi. -
The budding Chinese Panda bond market is about to get its second Canadian issuer with the National Bank of Canada establishing an up to Rmb5bn ($750m) programme.
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National Bank of Canada (NBC), rarely seen in the covered bond market, issued a seven year deal on Thursday and although it offered virtually no concession, it was highly subscribed.
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National Bank of Canada issued a rare seven year euro covered bond on Thursday and although it offered virtually no concession, it was highly subscribed, despite secondary market profit-taking.
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has made a stunning entry into the international capital markets, smashing expectations with $2bn of three year paper.
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The US Commodity Trading Futures Commission's split over whether to accept Japan's uncleared margin rules as equivalent to the US was not an ideal outcome. But the decision, however contentious, is a pragmatic step which will motivate further convergence between regulatory regimes.
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Bank of Nova Scotia returned to the covered bond market for the second time this month and the sixth time this year, opening books for its second dollar benchmark of 2016 and the fifth from a Canadian issuer.
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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will sell its first ever bond on Tuesday, and HSH Finanzfonds mandated what will be its longest dated bond ever.
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The dollar market enjoyed another strong week with a group of issuers printing, but borrowers are looking ahead to a new wave of interest from bank treasuries in Asia — and some are reporting that the demand has already arrived.
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Bank of Nova Scotia issued the first sterling fixed rate covered bond in 18 months in a larger than expected size and at a funding level that was not possible in either euros or dollars.
