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◆ Europe's corporate bond market braces for US tech issuance surge ◆ Canada makes move for EU regs equivalence but to what end? ◆ Middle East private placements here to stay... but will take up less room
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September redemption cash and shortage of supply support investor demand
Private placements may have hung around much longer than first expected but their dominance may be at an end

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  • Standard Chartered raised S$750m ($554m) from a Basel III-compliant additional tier one deal on Tuesday, boosting its capital ratio after a consolidation of its operations in Singapore this year. The bank’s strong Asia links helped it achieve better funding arbitrage compared to some of its European peers.
  • New York-listed Qudian is seeking $250m from a convertible bond, with the company entering into capped call transactions with investment banks — an increasingly popular tool being used by issuers recently.
  • Chile may be an expensive buy for many EM investors, but the country’s status as the top-rated Latin American sovereign is making it attractive for environmental, social and governance-focused investors, said debt capital markets bankers, after the government sold its second green bond in two weeks.
  • Broader volatility could not interrupt Latin America’s rediscovered bond market momentum, as Mexican real estate investment trust (REIT) Fibra Uno tapped international investors for the first time in three years on Tuesday.
  • The order book for Sharjah Islamic Bank’s $500m perpetual non-call six year has exceeded $5bn as investors pile into the first benchmark from the region since the end of May.
  • The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait has picked banks for a dollar benchmark, following a roadshow.