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The Republic of Indonesia raised more than $2bn from a dual-currency bond sale on Wednesday, taking some of the market by surprise with its opportunistic move. -
Italy won huge backing from investors as it placed its first BTP Italia trade since a poorly received deal in November 2018, which came during the peak of the volatility in the country’s bond market.
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Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Ico) and Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) found strong demand in the short end of the euro curve on Wednesday, which SSA bankers are calling the new sweet spot, despite the deeply negative yields.
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Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Ico) held investor calls on Tuesday ahead of its return to the social bond market to complete its funding needs for the year.
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The European Stability Mechanism has chosen a five year tenor to kick off its funding for the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, a French public sector agency is out with its debut sustainable benchmark bond.
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Investors jumped on the opportunity to buy euro bonds with a positive yield in the public sector market this week as KfW and Kommunalbanken sold 15 and 10 year bonds respectively, with the latter returning to the currency for a benchmark for the first time since 2017.
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Kommunalbanken was almost twice covered for its 10 year euro trade on Thursday as it returned for its first benchmark in the currency since 2017.
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The European Union returned to the MTN market for the first time since 2017 on Monday to finance the first of three €20m disbursements to Moldova.
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China Construction Bank returned to the international bond market on Tuesday, turning to dollar and euro investors with two separately-executed deals worth a combined $1.551 billion.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Ireland faced off in the euro green bond market on Thursday.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is preparing its first benchmark of the fourth quarter and Ireland has picked the banks to lead the first tap of its sovereign green bond.
