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Investors have not completely shunned Libor-linked floating rate notes from public sector borrowers, as a trade from Swedish Export Credit Corp showed this week. -
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IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, failed to set the market alight with its debut fixed rate benchmark bond on Wednesday. There were no book updates and the trade was priced at the same level as initial price thoughts.
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Montenegro came to market on Thursday for its first ever 10 year bond. Demand for the euro deal proved strong enough for the issuer to raise €500m and allowed the leads to set the yield roughly flat to fair value.
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Kazakhstan printed a €1.15bn dual tranche bond on Wednesday from a book of more than €3bn at its peak, at levels that lead managers said were 6bp inside the curve for the seven year and 4bp inside for the 15 year. Bankers away from the deal saw fair value differently but conceded that there could be different views on the calculation.
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Singapore’s credentials as Asia’s hub for real estate investment trusts were underlined this week, as an ideal market backdrop triggered a burst of Reit activity. With Lendlease Reit scooping up S$740.3m ($536.5m) from its hugely popular IPO, and more deals on the way, the Lion City offers big opportunities, writes Jonathan Breen.
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One of China’s largest oil companies, Cnooc came to the market with a $1.5bn dual-tranche deal, giving investors a chance to buy into a single-A rated state-owned name.
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South Korea’s Woori Bank has raised $550m from a Basel III-compliant additional tier one bond sale. Despite the softer market backdrop, the firm pulled off the deal without paying any premium.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market maintained its steady flow of new issues on Wednesday, with Infineon Technologies heading into the euro market for a dual tranche hybrid, while BMW drove by in sterling and more names populated the pipeline.
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The Republic of Kazakhstan has impressively tightened initial price thoughts for a euro dual tranche seven and 15 year bond, but rivals are saying that the issuer started very wide. Bankers on the deal disagree.
