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Unédic launched a 10 year benchmark on Tuesday. The deal came in the wake of a televised debate between the French presidential candidates that appeared to restore investors’ confidence in French names, according to an SSA syndicate banker at one of the leads. -
Buoyed by relief following a Dutch election in which Eurosceptic Geert Wilders’ hopes of forming a government were dashed, public sector borrowers are flocking back to capital markets.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are set to bring socially responsible bonds this week, with one aiming at the dollar short end and the other at the long end of the euro curve.
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SNCF Réseau is set to bring its second green bond after mandating banks for a Reg S euro benchmark deal on Friday.
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The SSA market is “breathing a sigh of relief”, according to one SSA syndicate banker, as this week's hotly anticipated Netherlands election produced the result capital markets bankers were hoping for.
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Poland played a smart hand on Thursday to lock in €1.5bn of funding in the midst of a healthy risk-on market, but with risk events on the horizon, Poland’s deputy finance minister told GlobalCapital he was happy to be on the “safe side”.
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The euro and dollar pipeline for next week looks to have two confirmed trades but despite issuers’ well-funded status, market conditions are such that it could turn into another busy period, said bankers.
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The ‘Basel IV’ output floor agreements, which regulators call the completion of ‘Basel III’, are stalled until US president Donald Trump's administration names negotiators to show up to committee meetings, according to two members of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
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The European Investment Bank has tapped its longest green line, adding €500m to the November 2037 Climate Awareness Bond.
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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) stepped into the euro covered bond market for the first time with a well received €500m deal that capitalised on strong technical demand in the five year part of the curve.
