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Finland and KfW received strong investor demand for the first sizeable deals in the euro public sector market following the summer.
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FMS Wertmanagement will join the seven year sterling rush after mandating banks on Friday for a new benchmark trade.
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It has been a dreadful August in emerging markets, but borrowers still have cash to raise and, despite the violent swings in secondary market levels, investors will have cash to put to work when the UK bank holiday has passed.
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BMW and Daimler reopened Europe's corporate bond market on Thursday in emphatic style, reminiscent of the market's usual reopenings after Christmas, when car companies often take the lead. Such a clear and classical restart to issuance, this early in August, is unusual.
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Polish bank mBank is embarking on a roadshow to market the first euro denominated international public bond from the CEEMEA region in over a month, and the first since Turkey’s currency crisis triggered a wave of selling across emerging market debt.
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Chinese bond issuers were the first out of the gate on Thursday, vying for investors’ attention after public holidays in many parts of Asia shut markets on Wednesday.
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KommuneKredit took a careful approach to its first benchmark deal since losing its triple-A rating with S&P. It found a good reception after starting with a wider initial pricing level.
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It’s been a turbulent summer in emerging markets, but borrowers in the Middle East in particular are already eyeing their return to the market.
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European corporate bond market participants are enviously looking at their counterparts in the financial and SSA sectors as supply started to flow again in those areas this week. There is no sign yet of any corporate bond issuers returning from the summer hiatus, but investors have clear ideas about what they want.
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KommuneKredit hit the screens on Tuesday for a new five year euro benchmark, hoping to emulate the success of the European Stability Mechanism’s deal in the same currency and maturity in July.