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• Rare deals ahoy as FIG investors pack up

  The positive market backdrop has driven smaller and less well-known bank issuers to come forward with rare new bond issues. But they are showing up just as investors pack up for the year, meaning they must work hard to lure enough demand, writes David Freitas.

  • 14 Nov 2019

• Dekabank surprises with swift pref bond sale

  Dekabank was quick to launch a preferred senior bond on Thursday, garnering 2.5 times the demand it needed for its €500m print by mid-morning in London. The German lender only ended up paying a small new issue premium to its investors.

  • 14 Nov 2019

• Montenegro gets strong result for first ever 10 year

  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.

  • 26 Sep 2019

• Bawag reserves spot for debut non-pref deal

  Bawag was keen to alert investors on Tuesday to the imminent sale of its first non-preferred senior bond, which is expected to fit neatly alongside a similar deal from its Austrian peer Erste Group.

  • 27 Aug 2019

• MOL extends RCF in scant Hungarian pipeline

  Hungarian gas and oil company MOL has extended part of an existing €555m revolving credit facility by one year, in what is one of the few sparks of activity in the country's syndicated loan market so far this year.

  • 31 Jul 2019