Germany
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The Bank of England’s annual €2bn three year dollar issue was comfortably oversubscribed on Monday, but the smaller volume of orders compared with last year and lack of price movement reflected both the greater difficulty in printing short dated deals and investor pushback against super tight swap levels, said bankers. That may have played a role in FMS Wertmanagement’s decision on Monday to mandate for a five year dollar deal, they added. -
Deutsche Bank has launched the IPO of DWS, its asset management unit, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange – a key plank of chief executive John Cryan’s plan to revive the troubled bank's fortunes.
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A trio of deals from German borrowers have been put to the vote on BondMarker. Read on to see how they fared.
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Recaro Holding and Thomas Gruppe both increased Schuldschein transactions from their initial target sizes on Monday, as demand for Schuldschein paper keeps pace.
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The US private placement market is welcoming more utility issuers, according to participants, after changes to the minimum eligibility threshold of the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Index.
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Germany's RMB hub has seen slow action since its establishment in 2014, but a Bond Connect service established by Clearstream and the upcoming offering of D-shares on the China Europe International Exchange (Ceinex) could turn things around.
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Swedish agricultural co-operative Lantmännen launched a €100m dual currency Schuldschein last Friday, as the Schuldschein product makes ground in the Nordic region.
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With the return of stability to the euro public sector market, a new wave of borrowing hit this week. Four core European names brought syndications, some of which were able to access unusual or difficult tenors because of the higher rates on offer.
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The use of technology to drive down the cost of issuance could boost the growth of private debt markets across Europe, said a report commissioned by the Capital Markets Union (CMU) published on February 16.
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US private placement investors are becoming more comfortable with buying sterling tranches, which bankers said will drive pricing down for borrowers.
