Germany
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LBBW has mandated leads for its first dollar covered bond benchmark of the year. The public sector-backed Reg S transaction is expected to be launched in the near future. -
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Guarantor: Financial Market Stabilisation Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany
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The European Energy Exchange is to introduce a German intraday floor futures contract as well as Swiss day and weekend futures contracts.
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Euro-denominated investment grade corporate bond supply eased off on Thursday, providing market participants with the chance to take stock after nearly three weeks of rapid supply.
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Fresenius, the German healthcare company that launched the first equity-neutral convertible bond in 2014, returned on Thursday to issue another successful deal, this time to complete the financing of its €5.76bn acquisition of Quirónsalud, the Spanish hospitals group.
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SpareBank1 Boligkreditt, Aareal Bank and Nordea took advantage of strong demand for five year paper to issue oversubscribed deals this week, paying virtually no new issue concession.
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A pair of German issuers tested the euro market this week, marking the first return of German senior debt since the country revised its law to subordinate the asset class within the insolvency hierarchy.
