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A trio of names have crowded into the investment grade corporate market on Tuesday, though France’s Arkema is expected to bring the only trade in benchmark size as volumes tail off heading into the Easter break. Meanwhile, Stada's €5.3bn buyout looks to be an early contender for deal of the year in leveraged finance. -
Bank of China launched its multi-currency, multi-tranche transaction on Tuesday morning, as Citic Securities also opened books for two tranches of dollar notes.
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Unédic and Austria have announced that they will sell euro benchmarks at the long end of the curve on Tuesday.
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Eurozone quantitative easing increases bond prices in the inter-dealer market and is also “likely” to hit liquidity, according to research from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The findings also suggest that timing QE asset purchases depending on market conditions could benefit the policy as a whole.
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Bank of China, CCB Life Insurance and Citic Securities kicked off investor meetings and calls this week, in pursuit of Reg S deals.
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The public sector primary market has enjoyed one of its most sparkling weeks of the past few years, with deals printed across both the euro and dollar curves with great success. But under the surface, there is growing concern about the inevitable volatility that will come the SSA market’s way as central banks decide what to do with their quantitative easing programmes and the assets they have bought under those programmes. Craig McGlashan and Lewis McLellan report.
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Guarantor: Financial Market Stabilisation Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Market participants were unimpressed by the European Union's effort at the long end, but the week's other benchmarks fared better.
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The palette of socially responsible investment bonds is expanding. Two borrowers made SRI debuts this week with a social inclusion bond and a sustainability bond, while a third has announced its intention to follow suit.
