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Bank completes more than half its annual funding before first quarter blackout
The bank is the largest in the country and a close proxy for investors to the government
Key points of contention include the investor sanctions regime and the definition of 'resilience'
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Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
Tweaks to trading book rules will be next stage of competition
Come May, current dollar market's gain may turn into euro pipeline's pain
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Sentiment in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector was broadly supportive on Monday ahead of a smaller than expected 30 year OAT sale on Tuesday and, more importantly, the European Union’s next slug of issuance under its Next Generation programme that is due next week, said traders. -
Three infrequent FIG borrowers are set to drop into a stable euro market this week, with Arion Bank, Banca Popolare di Sondrio and Westpac New Zealand all preparing senior deals .
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Compagnie de Financement Foncier responded to investor demand for defensive maturities on Monday by issuing the first five year covered bond from a core European bank this year. Although the super-sized deal attracted substantial interest, the leads said it would be incorrect to conclude that market sentiment had turned positive.
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LGT Bank, a private bank owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein, priced its return to non-preferred format in under two hours on Monday, while managing to bump up the size and land inside fair value.
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Bank of China has notched yet another first in Asia’s debt market. The firm’s Hong Kong arm has raised Rmb1.5bn ($232m) from an offshore dim sum bond tagged as a ‘sustainable and smart living’ green deal, aimed at meeting the Mainland’s ambitious carbon neutrality goals.
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Macquarie sold its first group level bond in the Swiss franc market on Thursday, harnessing an “astonishing” number of investors to twice increase the size and land inside its euro curve.
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