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Two of Bulgaria's credit ratings now have positive outlooks
Some of last week's sovereign trades suffering on secondary
Meanwhile, LatAm sovereign announces mandate for a multi-tranche deal that could come next week
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An uptick in Russian equity capital markets (ECM) activity this week buoyed bankers and investors, who are hoping a freeze caused by US sanctions is thawing, write Sam Kerr and Aidan Gregory. -
European high yield investors are as eager to buy bonds as their investment grade counterparts — the difference is, while IG issuers have been pouring paper into the market, high yield has been in a drought. But that is at last starting to break.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is considering making covered bonds eligible for repo, but Singapore dollar issuance would probably be needed, delegates at the Euromoney/ECBC Asian Covered Bond Forum heard this week. Domestic currency issuance would improve the resilience of Singapore’s banking system and potentially encourage other banks to set up programmes.
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India’s equity capital market is on edge as Embassy Office Parks Real Estate Investment Trust prepares the country’s first Reit IPO. But while the hotly-anticipated listing has global institutional investors chomping at the bit, the deal may be a one-off treat as the issuer has very few peers.
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Hong Kong’s securities regulator has fined Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and UBS after investigations into the banks’ sponsorship of a series of IPOs. The Swiss bank has also had its sponsor licence revoked for a year. Jonathan Breen reports.
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United Overseas Bank (UOB) became the first Singaporean issuer to sell a Panda bond this week, raising Rmb2bn ($298m) from a three year deal. Rebecca Feng reports.
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