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The UK Municipal Bonds Agency this week took a step towards issuing its first bond after Moody’s granted the institution its first ever rating. The move came as a US asset manager and consultancy firm opened a UK branch with the specific aim of bringing more UK local authorities to the bond market. -
Guarantor: All Danish municipalities and regions
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Demand for speculative grade debt took different directions in the European leveraged finance markets this week. The primary high yield bond market may be showing signs of investor stress, but leveraged loan investors are gulping down big deals at tight margins.
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Debt holders of two insolvent UK speculative grade borrowers, fashion retailer New Look and restaurant chain Prezzo, are considering company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) to allow new property agreements. The result may offer the whole European retail sector a template to stave off what market experts a say risks being a spate of defaults. Victor Jimenez reports.
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The Province of Alberta printed a strong 10 year dollar benchmark on Thursday — the first in that maturity from an SSA since late January — leading the way for others to follow, said SSA bankers. Elsewhere, five years was very much in vogue in the dollar market — although there were some signs of investor fatigue by the end of the week, despite more issuers being expected to look at the tenor next week.
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Rising uncertainty about the global macroeconomic outlook has been feeding into the financial institutions bond market in recent weeks, pushing new issue premiums higher and forcing investors to become more selective about the bonds they invest in.
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Secondary trading platforms for non-performing Schuldscheine provide a compelling answer to some fundamental questions often levelled at the market — and observers should follow their developments enthusiastically.
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