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Investors have received a note from Helaba saying that a DAX company will market a benchmark Schuldschein (SSD) as early as this week — but only investors signed up to the technology platform VC Trade will be able to bid. -
Technology platforms are vying to become the first to close a fully digital Schuldschein offering — without a paper parallel — under German law. But some see the obstacle to progress not behind the beady eyes of the regulator, or the possibilities of technology, but with market participants’ customs.
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The Asian Development Bank broke two records on Thursday as it printed its biggest sterling deal to date and took non-UK SSA issuance in the currency to a record level for a half year. Supply is likely to take a breather next week owing to some crucial Brexit votes in the UK Parliament, but SSA bankers are confident the market will not take long to spark back into life.
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Public sector borrowers are set to enjoy yet more enviable funding conditions in euros, with central banks on an even more dovish path than before. At least one benchmark is in the pipeline for next week, while this week a core eurozone issuer sold its largest ever deal.
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Dollar SSA issuance is expected to pick up next week, thanks to a change in the euro/dollar basis swap that is making issuance in the currency more attractive for euro funders. There was still a smattering of dollar trades this week, including a Sofr-linked floater that broke new ground for the format.
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Guarantor: Financial Market Stabilisation Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany
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EMEA loans bankers are taking some positives from developments in the wider capital markets.
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The State of North Rhine Westphalia will be able to issue floating rate notes linked to Sonia and Sofr under its new medium-term notes’ programme, which will be released in the next few months.
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BMW issued its first Panda bond on Wednesday, raising Rmb3bn ($447m) in a deal that one of the lead managers hailed as a "milestone” in opening up China’s domestic bond market to foreign issuers.
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The State of North Rhine Westphalia sold an unusually large amount of debt in the SSA market on Wednesday through a dual tranche offering, with one of the bonds coming with a sustainable label.
