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The City of Paris is set to follow deals from the European Stability Mechanism and SNCF Réseau last week by bringing a trade at the long end of the euro curve. -
Ahli Bank Qatar is embarking on a series of investor meetings for its debut bond, a Reg S dollar benchmark.
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Equitas Holdings has tweaked plans for its potential Rp20bn ($300.3m) IPO, as it works to become the first small finance bank to go public in India.
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Oil and gas company KrisEnergy has extended a $111m revolver by one year, according to a release last Friday.
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Dutch lender ABN Amro returned to the Singapore dollar bond market for the first time since 2012, raising S$450m ($331m) with a tier two offering.
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Thailand’s TMB Bank made a popular return to the bond market on Wednesday, raising $300m from a 5.5 year offering that was six times covered thanks mostly to its rarity value.
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After a barren year of sterling bond issuance from international borrowers, a dry patch that some thought would last until the Brexit referendum in June, an Australian company finally broke the silence on Wednesday.
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Will euros or dollars dominate SSA bond issuance in the second quarter? Debate over the direction of primary markets broke out this week with issuers scheming arbitrage trades in euros, while others believe the dollars will win out. Craig McGlashan reports.
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With the dollar market taking an early Easter holiday, the World Bank came through as the sole issuer to print in the currency, hitting $3bn in an arbitrage trade that was heralded as a “strong signal” of the health of the dollar market.
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Covered bond primary activity slowed this week with just two €500m seven year trades emerging from banks in the Netherlands and Italy.
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The World Bank surpassed expectations by raising $3bn of four year cash on Wednesday, in what one banker away from the deal said was a "strong signal" for the dollar market.
