Germany
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Koninklijke KPN, the Dutch telecoms company, sold a quarter of its stake in Telefónica Deutschland for €805m on Monday night, but the deal failed to get covered, leaving Citigroup and UBS long. -
A supranational is set to add a new point on its curve this week, as a German region prepared to bring its third benchmark of the quarter.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are lining up green bonds this week — but one of the deals could have implications beyond that of the burgeoning SRI bond market.
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In this round-up, Chinese government sets capital account convertibility goal for 2020, IMF yet to decide on RMB SDR inclusion, Shenzhen Connect unlikely in 2015, and cross-border RMB trade settlement in Hong Kong hits new record.
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Six borrowers raised nearly €5bn in the covered bond market this week, once again surpassing supply expectations. The star attraction, notable for both its size and tenor, was a €1.5bn three year from the Norwegian issuer, Sparebank 1 Boligkreditt.
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Guarantor: Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Edag, a German company that specialises in providing engineering services to the car industry, started investor education on Wednesday for a Frankfurt IPO.
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Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, or apoBank, received a strong endorsement from investors for its first benchmark Pfandbrief in more than seven years.
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A comparison of existing European covered bond laws suggests German credit quality will be hit hardest if Europe adopts a single covered bond framework. The European Commission has proposed a Pan-European covered bond law, prompting Moody’s to release the study this week.
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Avicem HK, a subsidiary of Shenzhen-listed Avic Electromechanical Systems Co, has wound up a €350m ($384.6m) loan with a group of four banks.
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Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping company, succeeded in completing its IPO, after a hard campaign in which the outcome had looked in doubt.
