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Chinese conglomerate Citic became one of the first movers in the dollar debt market this week, raising $750m from a dual-tranche bond on Thursday. -
Property developer Lai Fung Holdings will kick off a roadshow next week for a new dollar bond.
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The dollar market picked up where it left off in 2017 with tight pricing and bulging order books as borrowers hit the ground running.
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The sterling market had a healthy opening week in the public sector with three deals raising a combined £1.9bn, and there is plenty more in the pipeline, according to syndicate bankers.
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The Republic of Slovenia brought forward a euro-denominated trade by as much as a week in order to take advantage of a strong issuance window, which enabled it to increase the size of its deal by €500m to €1.5bn, according to Marjan Divjak, director general of Slovenia’s debt management office.
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The dollar market has been thoroughly supportive of this week’s SSA borrowers, but none more so than Sweden, which pulled in its biggest order book ever for its first deal of 2018.
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Slovenia took full advantage of its early market move on Thursday to secure its tightest ever spread, and what it expects to be its lowest coupon, on a new euro-denominated note.
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The visible deal pipeline of the European high yield bond market is expected to end the week empty, but the list of potential new borrowers keeps growing. Speciality paper manufacturer Fedrigoni is the latest.
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Will 2018 be yet another record year for Asia’s green bond market? The signs were good this week. Swire Properties chose the format for the region’s first dollar bond of the year. Addison Gong reports.
