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China General Nuclear Power Corporation sold its second green bond in the euro market on Tuesday, nine months after its first success in the format. Last time the company sold green alongside five and 10 year conventional dollar bonds and this time it used a similar combination, replacing the 10 year dollar option with 30 year notes. -
Spanish telecoms company Telefónica sold its second euro-denominated senior bond of 2018, benefitting from one its quietest years of issuance with a single digit new issue premium.
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Italian gas distributor 2i Rete Gas has dared to test the corporate bond market’s appetite for issuers from the country with a seven year trade. With its government budget on the horizon, some market participants said this deal could make or break the market for Italian issuance in 2018.
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A string of call dates is approaching for Middle East perpetual tier one bonds and DCM bankers are starting to look at whether these will be refinanced — and if so, how.
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Italy could return to the market for a second syndication this year, following the government’s highly anticipated 2019 budget, according to SSA bankers.
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Dutch brewer Heineken took advantage of a quiet market on Monday’s US Labor Day holiday to print a €1.25bn dual tranche deal with new issue premiums some participants saw in single digits.
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Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has hit the market with a deal first roadshowed in June, raising €300m with a seven year.
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Finland is leaving the door open for a third syndicated bond in 2018, after receiving a record order book for its 10 year euro benchmark deal this week.
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Two of the euro corporate bond market’s more frequent issuers helped fully reopen the market with a pair of dual-tranche deals immediately following the UK August bank holiday. The quality of the credits was one of the reasons the market was able to digest €6.65bn of supply on the day.
