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◆ Austrian lender's first bond issue of the year ◆ Achieves investor diversification beyond core buyers in DACH, says lead ◆ Moves pricing more than most of its past senior trades
The spread to the sovereign was well over 100bp at initial pricing
◆ Both issuers out with similar deals on a busy day in primary market ◆ Demand flows to credit as investors show preference for higher yielding names ◆ Nykredit ends with bigger book due to wider spread
The bank is capitalising on an investor base starved of CEE bank issuance
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