Citi
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The dollar market picked up where it left off in 2017 with tight pricing and bulging order books as borrowers hit the ground running. -
The sterling market had a healthy opening week in the public sector with three deals raising a combined £1.9bn, and there is plenty more in the pipeline, according to syndicate bankers.
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The Republic of Slovenia brought forward a euro-denominated trade by as much as a week in order to take advantage of a strong issuance window, which enabled it to increase the size of its deal by €500m to €1.5bn, according to Marjan Divjak, director general of Slovenia’s debt management office.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten fell victim to a volatile Bund curve and crowded pipeline, falling short of its hopes with its first deal of the year.
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Equity syndicates expect a robust IPO pipeline to power strong issuance in the first half of this year, which could set 2018 up to surpass what was a good 2017.
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Israel has returned to dollars for its first trade of 2018, picking leads for a dual tranche 10 and/or 30 year bond.
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Slovenia took full advantage of its early market move on Thursday to secure its tightest ever spread, and what it expects to be its lowest coupon, on a new euro-denominated note.
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The Indian IPO market has started the new year with a flourish, with the FIG sector looking especially busy as Bandhan Bank and ICICI Securities kicked off investor meetings.
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Ireland opened 2018 with a €4bn print deemed “spectacular” by a banker away from the deal, who said that it was priced flat to the sovereign’s curve.
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A pair of public sector borrowers blew away the cobwebs in the sterling market on Wednesday, printing a combined £1.5bn.
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Citi finished 2017 in its highest ever position in the EMEA league tables, leading from the front in ECM. David Rothnie asks whether it can topple JP Morgan.
