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◆ First Hong Kong dollar public bond from an international bank ◆ Broader investor access and larger size than PPs customary in the market ◆ Provides attractive funding
Seasonal slowdown sees demand cluster in one to six year vanilla private placements
◆ First offshore deal in sterling since PRA debacle in April ◆ Canadian undersupply driving demand ◆ Euro still better despite the UK Treasury's equivalence plans
First international bank tier two in Hong Kong dollars since NAB’s club placement in 2023
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Banks sold a flurry of dollar MTNS this week as falling euro rates put off investors in the single currency.
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International Personal Finance hopes to become the latest company to join the UK’s growing retail bond market. It launched a 6.125% seven year issue on Tuesday, hoping to raise around £50m.
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US prime money market funds’ holdings of eurozone bank debt dropped by around $44bn in March — the largest decrease since June — as the fallout from the Republic of Cyprus’s bail-out negotiations left investors across the Atlantic wary, analysts said this week.
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International investors are warming to a structure of private placement sold under French law, bankers said this week, as Caisse Centrale du Crédit Immobilier de France placed a chunky deal using the format. Bons à moyen terme négociables (BMTNs) — or medium-term negotiable bonds — have similar documentation to euro medium term notes.
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Icelandic banks are looking forward to new capital markets opportunities this year as a much delayed change in the country’s tax laws means the issuers can finally sell Eurobonds, writes Craig McGlashan.
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Pohjola Bank could soon sell its debut Samurai bond, its head of group funding told EuroWeek this week. The Finnish bank revealed its intention to enter the Samurai market late last year but an unfavourable euro/yen cross-currency basis swap has so far thwarted any attempts at issuance.