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Hamburger Hochbahn, the city public transport operator, made its bond market debut on Wednesday, slotting into the market neatly with a €500m 10 year green bond and a €3bn order book.
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Rabobank found good demand for a 12 year senior bond in the euro market this week, as it took advantage of rise in rates to land at a record tight spread.
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Italy hit the market with a dual tranche on Tuesday, raising €4bn with a 30 year linker and €10bn with a new 10 year BTP. A sharp move in pricing on the 10 year leg meant it lost €45bn of orders, but SSA bankers on and off the deal said the trade was still a good result.
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CPPIB Capital made a strong return to the 10 year part of the euro curve on Wednesday, with a book over two times covered and a new issue premium of just 1bp. Bremen also hit the euro market, selling €500m of 30 year paper through its curve.
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Two SSA borrowers hit screens on Tuesday to announce benchmark bonds. Deal flow in the SSA market has slowed after the January rush, but borrowers are still keeping investors busy with a regular flow of deals.
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Hamburger Hochbahn, a government owned public transport operator in Hamburg, is set to make its bond market debut this week, launching itself as a regular bond issuer.
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Unlike its last syndication in January, when Spain lost over €75bn of orders after an aggressive move in pricing, the sovereign took a more cautious approach on its return to the public market this week to print its biggest ever 50 year bond.
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Italian prime minister-designate Mario Draghi must walk a knife-edge if he is to form a government and present a national recovery and resilience plan. If he takes too hard a line the mill of Italian politics will chew him up and spit him out. If he is too quick to compromise, the EU’s life as a giant bond issuer may be shorter than hoped.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, February 8. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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After taking an aggressive approach for its last syndication in January which resulted in a shocking loss of over €75bn of orders, Spain returned to a more moderate and conventional pricing process as it came to the market for a new 50 year bond on Tuesday.