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◆ French bank secures 'surprising' demand... ◆... giving the option to go big ahead of national budget ◆ Concessions debated, but higher premium and spreads lure buyers
◆ Best window of the week, lead says ◆ Less concession than other recent deals ◆ Danske "pretty much done" for 2026 funding plan
◆ Deal followed HSBC's €3.75bn three part deal... ◆ ... and paid less NIP, tackling shorter end of curve ◆ Book grew after price revision
◆ First euro funding in almost a decade ◆ Part of early refi of its last euro bond ◆ Rarity makes it a trickier sale during heightened market volatility
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BBVA mandated for a five year senior unsecured euro transaction on Wednesday afternoon. The deal announcement came as other European banks were lining up a range of transactions and indices moved tighter on Wednesday’s market open.
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Senior debt in French banks is likely to outperform that of UK or German lenders in times of market stress, analysts at BNP Paribas said after the release of France’s banking reform law this week.
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ASB Bank, the New Zealand subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, returned to its domestic bond market at the start of the week, raising NZ$400m ($338.1m) after increasing the size of the deal by four times over what it was originally aiming for.
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Syndicators are expecting a quieter January than normal, since European banks have already made progress on their 2013 funding plans — although they say there is still room for more deals this week.
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Dutch lender ING raised $2.1bn equivalent of three year funding from Japanese institutional investors and banks on Thursday when it priced its second Tokyo pro-bond. The deal is the largest ever yen-denominated bond from a European financial issuer, including Samurai bonds.
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JP Morgan gave sterling investors some Christmas cheer on Wednesday, providing the market with some rare long-end paper, while Crédit Agricole printed a quick long two year floater last Friday. Although at opposite ends of the maturity spectrum and in different currencies, both deals reflected the enthusiasm of fixed income investors at a time when the market is usually quietening down for the holidays.