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◆ New 20 year Bund launched into popular demand ◆ Is 20 years the new 30 years for EGBs? ◆ Fair value in debate

◆ Good capital issuance window for smaller UK financial institutions ◆ Both use liability management to refi ahead of calls ◆ Close Brothers paying hefty coupon due to heavier motor finance exposure

◆ Aussie bank tightened 9bp through execution ◆ Deal more than six times oversubscribed ◆ Bank's last euro covered was in September 2023

◆ Terna sets new senior/sub spread record ◆ Aroundtown lands flat to secondary ◆ Investors are hungry for high yielding paper

◆ Cautious start after spreads moved around ◆ KfW's spread tightens, but Länder unmoved ◆ ‘Real’ Länder-KfW spread yet to be established

Speed possible in the private placement market proves attractive, even if the issuer may pay a bit more for it

Oil giant's bonds were priced no more than 15bp over the sovereign's curve

The Gulf kingdom is trying to tackle a very wide deficit and sky-high debt to GDP

Gulf investors 'will now look at every deal', whether sukuk or not

◆ Leads increase deal size due to demand ◆ Book kept growing after reoffer tightened ◆ Gap between Greek and Italian spreads shrinking, says rival banker

◆ Australian bank planning €500m covered ◆ Issuer's first euro deal since September 2023 ◆ Barclays, Natixis and UBS are lead managers

The commercial bank printed its first blue bond in a private format earlier in January