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Asian Development Bank received large demand for its inaugural Sonia-linked floater on Tuesday, despite offering no new issue concession. The supranational saw a number of new accounts and was able to increase the size of the deal to set the largest volume it has sold in sterling to date. -
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HSBC said on Thursday that it had strengthened its infrastructure and real estate team, hiring six bankers externally and making five internal appointments.
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Comcast got October off to a flyer after high-grade corporate dollar issuance slumped to its weakest level for four years in third quarter. However, aside from Comcast there were slim pickings in the high-grade market this week.
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IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, made a rare visit to the market on Thursday against a backdrop of rapidly rising US Treasury yields. The turbulent backdrop looked to have little impact on the trade, however.
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The order book for Afreximbank’s revived five year dollar benchmark had filled with more than $1bn of orders by Thursday lunchtime, according to a banker close to the deal.
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A dearth of corporate bond supply on Wednesday, due to a German public holiday, was followed by deals from airport operators in two markets on Thursday. Aéroports de Paris (AdP) opted for the domestic route, while Heathrow made its first visit to the Australian market.
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IDB Invest is out with a no-grow $500m three year floating rate note after completing a series of investor meetings. The trade will come after Kommuninvest and NRW.Bank issued in that part of the curve over the last week.
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The Brussels IPO of Shurgard Self Storage, the largest operator of self-storage facilities in Europe, is covered, less than three working days into the bookbuild.
