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Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was the latest public sector agency to head to the euro market this week as it raised €1.5bn on Wednesday with a 10 year benchmark. While the deal was fully subscribed, the order book was not huge and the pricing did not tighten from guidance, indicating that the market may be slowing. -
It was all eyes on Ireland in the eurozone government bond market this week, as the sovereign printed one of its biggest deals with a record-breaking order book.
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The State of Qatar and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi looked to sell bonds this week in the wake of extreme oil price volatility that has left commodity exporters with fragile fiscal positions.
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Shares in UK online fashion retailer Asos rose by more than 30% on Wednesday after the company completed a £247m ($339.46m) share sale to shore up its balance sheet during the Covid-19 crisis. The rise reflects investor confidence that the fashion retailer will endure disruption from the pandemic causing a sharp drop in demand for fashionable clothes.
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Chinese biopharmaceuticals firm Akesobio is preparing to launch bookbuilding for its IPO next week, according to a source close to the deal.
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The controlling shareholder of South Korean entertainment company Studio Dragon raised W166.1bn ($136.2m) this week after selling a portion of its stake.
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The top tier of emerging markets sovereigns are cramming into this week’s issuance window, as Abu Dhabi followed Qatar’s Tuesday blowout with a triple tranche bond deal of its own.
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'We are all in this together' is not a view Europe’s investment banks will recognise when they compare themselves with their formidable US rivals, writes David Rothnie.
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A trio of agencies hit screens with dollar deals on Tuesday. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and CDP Financial tapped the three year part of the curve, while the Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust reopened a five year market that had been shuttered by coronavirus-related volatility.
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Ireland impressed on-looking supranational, sovereign and agency bond bankers on Tuesday as it received its largest ever order book for a syndication. It was not the only eurozone sovereign in the market as Cyprus printed seven and 30 year bonds.
