France
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◆ The new issue premium investors demand amid French political uncertainty ◆ Robust demand regardless of political factors ◆ Order book attrition as spread tightened -
◆ More agencies bite the bullet to issue after confidence vote surprise ◆ AFL keeps commitment to sterling ◆ Bpifrance follows SNCF into popular euros
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◆ French government at risk of collapsing, again ◆ 'Roller-coaster ride' but issuer comes out unscathed ◆ Finding a 'good starting point' key
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French banking groups seen as most likely candidates to step up capital issuance from their insurance arms
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Investors and issuers unlikely to reshape plans to capitalise on wide covered levels
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Why remembrance of things past will soon include the traditional relationship between French covered and sovereign bonds
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Analysts warn of spillover from potential sovereign downgrade, threatening regulatory treatment and spreads of agency bonds
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Budget induced volatility could push OATs above covered spreads across the curve
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French risk ‘the known unknown’ and will ‘get serious' come autumn
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Baden-Württemberg set to price FRN on Tuesday in so far quiet primary market
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◆ French company out for four and 20 year bonds ◆ High demand split evenly between them ◆ Both tranches tighten by 42bp during bookbuilding
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Scrabble expected to sign deals before summer
