Europe
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Guarantor: Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Bring it on. That was the summary of the European Union’s investor call on Tuesday as it laid out its bold issuance plan to tackle its €800bn Next Generation EU (NGEU) funding programme. The EU could raise up to €45bn before the end of July, with the first deal set to hit screens early next week, reports Burhan Khadbai. -
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The European Central Bank managed to steer around the topic of tapering its asset purchase programmes at its monetary policy meeting on Thursday, but with growth and inflation increasing rapidly, the debate is going nowhere, and economists believe a fight is brewing for the September meeting.
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Europe’s IPO market is brimming with deals but investors think that some banks are pushing companies that have no chance of listing, which will lead to a high failure rate. The number of pulled deals is growing and that is earning the wrath of the buy-side, writes Sam Kerr.
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Covered bonds issued this week by SCBC and Bank of New Zealand were thinly oversubscribed and illustrated that investors are still sensitive to price, albeit that demand was good for a small green debut from Eika Boligkreditt and a tap from Oma Savings Bank.
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Investors had plenty of appetite for a super-high yielding additional tier one from Piraeus Bank this week. Will they still be hungry when Greek banks try and issue large volumes of senior debt for their regulatory requirements?
