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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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Acciona nabs €155m from green Schuldschein - Places for People seals €150m private placement - Germany’s Badenova sells Schuldschein - Pershing Square nabs $400m in bond private placement - Claranova debuts in euro PP market - Pension Insurance Corp puts £40m into Scottish housing association - Oman's Octal raises $625m for expansion
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Local currency markets are proving attractive to both international investors and borrowers. Roubles in particular offer a pick-up in yield, but after swapping the proceeds into dollars, borrowers are able to achieve an excellent cost of funds.
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The US has ousted Turkey from the F-35 stealth fighter programme because the country has begun receiving components of the Russian S-400 missile system. Meanwhile, the central bank’s credibility is damaged and an interest rate decision is only a week away. Does the bond market care? It seems not.
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Asset managers are looking to the emerging markets as a hedge against a slowdown in the US and Europe.
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S&P Global’s China unit has issued its first domestic rating to ICBC Financial Leasing (ICBCFL), a unit of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. But bankers say that the rating agency has chosen an easy target and will need to move to lower quality names if it hopes to go further in the Mainland.
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It is sometimes said that Asia’s loan market lacks innovation. But this is just getting ridiculous.
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