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A double digit premium to the dollar curve lured in overseas buyers, who took a 'large chunk' of the bonds
Investors have lots of cash and are eager for new issuance
Investors are keen for new bonds and better rated borrowers may not want to issue in numbers
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Cyprus may become the first country to access the ESM’s pandemic support line, borrowing 2% of its GDP for up to 10 years. -
Ukrainian and IMF officials have come to a preliminary agreement to provide the country with $5bn of aid after president Volodymyr Zelensky signed much-anticipated banking legislation into law. Market watchers have now urged the country to come to the bond market before the situation has a chance to sour.
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Bank of East Asia (BEA) sold the first Basel III compliant tier two dollar bond in Asia since the global outbreak of Covid-19. It raised $600m on the back of a book that was more than 8.5 times oversubscribed at its peak.
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Two Singaporean companies, GuocoLand and Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust, raised green loans this week.
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In this special round-up on China’s annual Two Sessions parliamentary meeting, the government does not set a growth target for 2020 but raises the budget deficit to at least 3.6% of GDP. It also plans to issue Rmb1tr ($140bn) of special ‘anti-pandemic’ treasury bonds.
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Taiwan-listed On-Bright Electronics is seeking a $206m loan to support its take private.
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