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Company has offered the highest yields on Saudi Arabian new issues in the last few years

Funding follows National Wealth Fund investment

◆ Are investment bank bonuses going up this year, and when does everyone get paid? ◆ How the UK government's 'binary' Budget is affecting bank bond issuers ◆ Legal pressure builds on MDBs to reassess climate impact

Investors welcome country's efforts to reduce bulging debt burden, but there is nagging worry

Books were still healthy even after plenty of dropouts

The trade was priced tight and achieved an impressive outcome, thought one observer

Bankers say Budget may determine if FIG issuers print in sterling through December or hold off until January

Issuance was front-loaded into the first three days of the week in the FIG dollar market as issuers got ahead of Thursdays US non-farm payrolls report

Six covered bonds were issued in three days this week but there is uncertainty over the pipeline from here

◆ €500m 6NC5 senior priced at 90bp over mid-swaps ◆ Concession debated ◆ Rounds out a successful year for Greek banks

◆ Book peaks at almost four times covered ◆ No worries over repeat visits ◆ Chorus offers rare Kiwi corporate paper

◆ Final book under €800m ◆ 'Low single digit concession' ◆ 'Trickier' for German LBs in senior than covered