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Euro issuance this week is very much focused on long dated bonds, with Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten printing a 20 year syndication on Monday and other European agencies and sovereigns looking to tap the long end of the curve via auctions. -
Italy showed that not every investor’s fingers were burned by the sudden sell-off of its debut 50 year benchmark last week, as it printed its largest private placement in over 18 months on Monday.
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Guarantor: Financial Market Stabilisation Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany
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A sell-off in eurozone government debt last week, over rumours that the European Central Bank might start tapering its quantitative easing programme, may have helped issuers bring more shorter dated deals in euros this week than have been possible for months — but some issuers are wary that more volatility could be ahead.
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Unilever’s attempt to raise prices on goods it sells to UK supermarkets would not have covered all of its costs from the recent depreciation of sterling, a Unilever executive has told GlobalCapital.
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FMS Wertmanagement became on Thursday the first public sector borrower since June to print a euro benchmark with a maturity below five years.
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US music publisher Warner Music Group on Monday was alone in the European high yield market at the same time that Verallia, the French glass packaging maker, told investors it had cancelled its pay-if-you-can bond offering.
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Investment grade corporate issuers hit the euro bond markets in force on Tuesday with five primary transactions in play, but defensive deal sizes characterised the frantic flow.
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The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the Société de Financement Local (SFIL) sold benchmark debt to an increasingly welcoming market for euro-denominated paper on Tuesday.
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The European Stability Mechanism on Monday named four banks to lead manage a dual tranche syndication, expected to be priced on Tuesday.
