Currencies
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Regular Kangaroo issuer Daimler came to the market on Thursday with its first Australian dollar issuance of 2019. Through its Australian entity, Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific, Daimler sold an A$150m ($106.2m) 2.5% March 2022 unsubordinated bond. -
Kosmos Energy on Thursday announced a new seven year Reg S/144A dollar bond, callable in 2022.
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The African Development Bank sold a 10 year benchmark in euros on Thursday that bankers said priced through fair value. Land Schleswig-Holstein was also in the market for the same tenor that extended its curve to 2029.
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PPF Arena has picked banks for its first ever bond, a Reg S senior euro benchmark with a tenor of four to six years.
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It has been a good week for Latin American issuers in Swissies, with two banks from the region taking Sfr400m ($398m) out of the market on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing total issuance from the region for the year up to Sfr875m.
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Unédic priced through fair value for its first bond of the year on Wednesday, as the European Central Bank’s announcement of fresh liquidity supercharged an already red hot euro SSA market. African Development Bank will hope to find similar success in the 10 year part of the curve after mandating banks for its first benchmark of the year.
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Both Kommunalbanken (KBN) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) came to the Kangaroo market this week. A need for long dated Australian dollar paper from Japanese investors drove the deals.
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Public sector borrowers in the euro SSA market received strong demand in both the short and long ends of the curve on Tuesday. KfW took advantage of the blistering conditions to sell its first euro benchmark with a three year maturity since 2015, while Société du Grand Paris (SGP) sold its biggest ever bond.
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Cemex is back in the bond market after a year and a half’s absence, opening books on a senior secured bond in euros.
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Société du Grand Paris (SGP) mandated banks on Monday for its second benchmark green bond, following its debut last October. Meanwhile, KfW hit screens for a long three year benchmark, the agency’s third benchmark in euros this year.
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Greece’s new 10 year benchmark sold last week — its first in that maturity since 2010 — was trading wider in the secondary on Monday before a potential postponement of a €1bn disbursement to Greece by the European Central Bank.
