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Higher new issue premiums make deals shine amid market volatility
Citigroup and Wells Fargo hit positive post-Fed market with a $18bn salvo
◆ 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
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  • Bangkok Bank became the third Thai bank in quick succession to sell an international bond this week, raising $1.2bn after offering investors the chance to get exposure to a sector that remains rare, despite the recent supply.
  • MetLife launched and tightened a dual tranche senior unsecured issue in euros and sterling on Thursday, following its a debut Kangaroo deal on Wednesday and a long absence from the euro and sterling markets.
  • MetLife marked its return to global bond markets this week with a debut in the Kangaroo sector on Wednesday. The US insurance company printed a heavily oversubscribed A$500m ($522.8m) September 2017 benchmark that could encourage additional international FIG names to return to the market.
  • IDBI Bank raised $500m from its return to the international bond market after a two year absence, attracting $4.5bn of demand. The strength of demand allowed the issuer to achieve the tightest spread among Indian banks that have tapped the dollar debt market this year.
  • FIG
    All senior creditors should not necessarily be treated equally in the event of a bank bail-in, according to Andrew Gracie, director of the Bank of England’s special resolution unit. His comments, made in a speech to the British Bankers' Association on Monday, mark a departure from European proposals relating to crisis management.
  • FIG
    Barclays achieved an average take-up of 30% for the four long-dated senior bonds that it was targeting in its liability management exercise, although participation was mixed on both the European and US offers.