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KfW and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development took full advantage of a strong environment to sell dollar benchmarks on Tuesday. Further dollar issuance is rumoured this week — with conditions so good that deals may come despite potential volatility from US president Donald Trump making his first speech to Congress during the New York evening on Tuesday night. -
Sustainability bonds are the flavour of the week for regional issuers, as the State of North Rhine-Westphalia smashed the size record for sub-sovereign SRI bonds on Tuesday and Île-de-France hit screens to announce its own socially responsible investment bond.
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Laird, a UK supplier of mobile phone parts to Apple and Samsung, launched a £184m ($225.55m) rights issue after it released its full year 2016 results on Tuesday.
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The State of North Rhine Westphalia will sell its third sustainability bond on Tuesday, following a pan-European roadshow.
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Moody’s has downgraded its outlook for B3/B rated Croatian food retailer and manufacturer Agrokor to negative from stable as the company’s credit quality comes under siege.
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Issuers from Greater China are set to storm the debt market soon with China Reinsurance Finance Corp, China Cinda Asset Management Co, Grand China Air Co and Pacific Century Premium Developments eyeing dollar offerings. Separately, New China Life Insurance Company has got the green light from its board to raise funds offshore.
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Korea National Oil Corp will host a global roadshow next week ahead of a new international bond, to be sold in dollars and/or euros.
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Spain rode out another volatile day in eurozone government bonds on Wednesday to finish up with a healthy €5bn of 15 year paper from an order book nearly treble that size.
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A big step in restoring Italy's banking sector to health was taken successfully this week, when the fifth biggest EMEA equity sale ever raised €13bn for UniCredit.
