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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Thursday rounded out a busy week for green bond issuance with yet another deal that was covered before books officially opened. -
The euro public sector bond market bounced back in fine fashion this week after a shock result in the German federal election, leading to some well oversubscribed trades. A potential Catalonian independence referendum is also not affecting demand, said bankers.
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Vincom Retail, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, has started pre-deal investor education for its $600m IPO, and is working on an unusually short roadshow-to-listing schedule.
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Nigeria’s Fidelity Bank is planning to finance a buy-back of its $300m notes due 2018 with a new issue, as the country’s banks look to address upcoming maturities in 2018 and 2019.
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Citi is planning to add at least 25 bankers to its Belt and Road coverage team over the next couple of years, amid a pick-up in interest from clients.
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A glut of short end dollar issuance this week is set to ramp up on Thursday, after a pair of rare names in the currency mandated on Wednesday. The trades will follow a strong showing from Finnvera after the Finnish agency — also an uncommon name in dollars — printed its largest ever trade in the currency.
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KfW has punched through its conventional curve with a dollar green bond that left bankers away from the trade a similar colour of envy. More SRI supply is on the way, after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development hit screens for Thursday’s business.
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Bpifrance Financement has tapped a November 2024 line for €700m, outstripping the size of the original issue and selling into what a banker at one of the leads described as an “amazingly strong market”.
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US investors led the charge to CK Hutchison Holdings’ triple-tranche bond on Tuesday, with their strong, and unexpected, support pushing the final deal size beyond the issuer’s expectations.
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Indonesia’s Indika Energy is hunting for more dollar debt, six months after securing $265m on the back of a nearly five times covered book.
