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Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war
Private bonds are now being offered in the open market wider than where public deals trade
Even as USTs stay near 5%, supply expected to pick up
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Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) brought the world’s first benchmark green corporate sukuk to market last week. Chief executive Alain Bejjani said the format had helped the leads price the deal tighter and that they would return to the green market. -
Ceske Drahy, the Czech national railway company, hit screens on Thursday announcing a euro benchmark, returning to the bond market for the first time in three years.
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Books for Russian Railways’ eight year euro green bond had breached the €1.4bn mark by lunchtime on Wednesday, allowing leads to tighten pricing. A banker away from the note said the levels offered looked fair.
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The Republic of the Philippines made a triumphant return to the Panda bond market this week, raising Rmb2.5bn ($363m) from a deal that was tighter and larger than its debut last year. Rebecca Feng reports.
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Kenya hit screens on Wednesday with a dual tranche bond. Investors said initial price thoughts looked generous and so the leads were able to cut the yield by more than had been expected during execution.
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The latest chapter in the US-China trade war resulted in some serious market turmoil this month. But Hong Kong seems to have avoided the worst of the volatility: the city’s stock exchange approved four applications and each issuer has hit the road. Will investors bite? Gina Lee and Jonathan Breen report.
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