DZ Bank
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Europe's corporate bond market opened emphatically for business on Tuesday, as seven issuers banished all memories of the summer holiday. Despite there being plenty of choice for investors, demand was high across the board. Multiple deals were two to three times oversubscribed, while the largest, a €3.5bn four trancher from Siemens, the machinery maker, was nearly 4.5 times covered.
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KommuneKredit failed to set the market alight with the first euro syndicated public sector bond since mid-July, excluding deals from German Laender. The Danish agency only managed to sell €500m for the 11 year benchmark and was unable to tighten the spread during pricing.
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Danish agency KommuneKredit mandated banks on Monday for its first euro-denominated bond of the year and the first euro syndicated public sector bond since mid-July, excluding German regions.
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The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen priced a €750m 2049 trade on Tuesday, stretching out its curve by 10 years to become the second German SSA bond issuer in as many weeks to borrow for longer in able to offer a positive yield to investors.
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Issuers are set to gravitate towards selling higher yielding regulatory debt in the post-summer issuance window, so that they can attract investors and compensate for low overall interest rates. But FIG bankers are unsure what concessions will be needed to get deals away.
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Schleswig-Holstein stretched its euro curve out by a decade on Wednesday, as market participants warn that the world of positive yielding German sub-sovereign debt is shrinking.
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The Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein has mandated for a 20 year euro trade, as eurozone rates continue to squeeze tighter.
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Fraport, which operates Frankfurt airport and has stakes in several other airports, has entered the Schuldschein market for a second time this year, with an initial target of €200m.
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LBBW extended its non-preferred senior curve with a new green bond this week, hitting lead managers' price expectations in spite of soft market conditions.
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DZ Hyp managed to build a substantial book in little time on Tuesday for its second 10 year Pfandbrief of the year, with demand fortunately swelled by an overnight rise in yields.