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The Province of Ontario will this Friday be the fourth SSA from Canada to visit a very strong dollar market this week, after CPPIB Capital printed on Monday, Alberta on Tuesday and the sovereign made a rare visit on Thursday. Dexia Crédit Local also printed in the currency on Thursday and SSA bankers are confident of more supply next week.
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London-listed RDI REIT has refinanced a sterling club loan, pushing out its average maturities amid a flurry of refi activity in the European loan market.
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A year on from selling its first green hybrid bond, French energy company Engie returned to sell another with a slightly longer call date. Demand for the product has remained strong, but the difference in coupons showed how pricing has changed despite the borrower paying virtually no premium over the company’s secondary bonds.
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The super-hot dollar bond market is set to welcome a pair of SSAs on Thursday — including a rare name in the currency — after a mid-week lull in issuance.
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The party in Chinese high yield real estate bonds continued this week, with China Aoyuan Group, Zhenro Properties and Yuzhou Properties taking home $1.15bn between them on Tuesday.
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China’s Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co managed to raise the upper end of its $1.5bn target size at a tighter-than-expected level on Tuesday, a feat achieved despite a busy bond market in Asia.
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Italy and the European Investment received combined orders of over €50bn in the euro public sector market on Tuesday before what could be an even more uncertain period in Europe, with the UK parliament set to vote on prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement later in the evening.
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Public sector borrowers printed over $10bn of bonds on Tuesday in a dollar market that SSA bankers expect to keep its momentum in the weeks ahead.
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Dubai Islamic Bank finishes the roadshow for its additional tier one bond on Wednesday. The market is eagerly awaiting pricing details and though no call has yet been confirmed, bankers and investors are expecting the bank to redeem its outstanding tier one in March.