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After another busy week, the corporate bond market had no new issues to consider on Friday. However, over €12.5bn-equivalent of deals had been priced earlier in the week, 10% more than the week before. -
Raiffeisen Bank Polska’s IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, which kicked off on Thursday to raise up to Z947.8m (€224m), is expected to be a mainly local affair, said bankers close to the deal.
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Zur Rose Group, the Swiss-based online pharmacy, told investors this morning that the pricing for its Sfr252m (€231m) IPO was likely to come in the top quarter of the range, thanks to very strong momentum.
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In this week’s round-up, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) considers launching A-share related derivatives in Hong Kong after MSCI’s inclusion, Citi launches two onshore bond indices, and the Chinese premier says M&A by foreign companies is welcome in the Mainland.
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The euro market showed its strength for SSA borrowers this week, as Agence Française de Développement succeeded in bringing a deal after requesting a change in its banking licence and KfW kept up its record of raising €5bn with every euro benchmark this year despite a volatile backdrop.
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The sterling market for public sector borrowers has trundled back into gear after the shock UK election result on June 8. A series of issuers printed through this week, while the UK Debt Management Office announced its plans for the second syndication of the 2017-18 financial year.
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Public sector bankers have backed claims by Greece’s finance minister that the country could return to the capital markets this year “with or without QE”. The fact that another periphery sovereign, Spain, was able to print a stellar trade on Tuesday despite comments by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi sending markets in a tizzy about the possible end of QE further bolstered the statement, bankers added. Craig McGlashan reports.
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