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Slovenia printed its longest ever bond on Wednesday, a 20 year, taking advantage of a near halving of its spreads since the start of this year to print inside where Spain's government bonds trade.
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Slovenia has released price guidance for a 20 year euro benchmark bond at 70bp-75bp over mid-swaps — a first in this tenor for the country.
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Two US technology companies are marketing high yield bonds in Europe, in a new signal of the market's attractiveness. -
A European sovereign and agency have opted to bring euro benchmarks at the long end of the curve on Tuesday, after hiring lead managers on Monday.
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Statkraft, the Norwegian state-owned electricity company, extended its maturity profile by eight years on Monday by issuing a €500m 15 year bond.
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Virgin Media, the UK cable and mobile communications company owned by Liberty Global, printed on Tuesday a senior secured bond issue to refinance debt.
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China’s GF Securities started pre-marketing its Hong Kong IPO of around $2bn-$3bn on Monday, March 16, as the brokerage firm prepares for the biggest listing in the city so far this year.
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Two block trades of around $1bn went well on Thursday night, as GlaxoSmithKline sold half its remaining 12.4% stake in Johannesburg-listed Aspen Pharmacare, while private equity funds shed the last chunk of ISS, the Danish cleaning firm.
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Guarantor: Financial Market Stabilisation Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Aareal Bank this week became the second German issuer this year to price a US dollar denominated Reg S Pfandbrief. It follows the lead of LBBW which priced a similar deal two weeks ago. Though the actual funding converted back to euros will have been nominally higher than what it could have achieved in euros, savings will have been made on swaps costs.
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Two block trades have gone well tonight, as GlaxoSmithKline has sold half its 12.4% stake in Johannesburg-listed Aspen Pharmacare, while private equity funds have sold the last chunk of ISS, the Danish cleaning firm.
