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US companies piled into the euro bond market on Tuesday, as white goods maker Whirlpool, Dow Chemical and apparel company VF Corp launched medium to long maturity debt. -
Oil and natural gas company Pertamina sold Indonesia's first 40 year dollar bond on Thursday. Investors flocked to the long dated paper, sold as part of a two-tranche transaction, pushing orders to more than $3bn for the $800m portion.
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Siemens, the German machinery group, paid an average yield of 0.12% for €4bn of debt spread over three to 12 year maturities this week, as investors leaped at the chance to snap up highly rated corporate debt.
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Siemens, the German machinery group, launched a €4bn and £850m multi-tranche jumbo bond issue on Tuesday, blowing away worries that similar deals from last week had started to saturate the market.
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High grade corporate bond investors in Europe will have a range of names to pick from in the coming days, as US white goods maker Whirlpool mandates for euros and UK utility Welsh Water hires banks for a dual tranche sterling deal.
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Thailand’s Central Retail Corp has priced the country’s largest IPO near the top of the marketed range, netting Bt71bn ($2.3bn) by navigating a volatile stock market.
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Qatar National Bank took $1bn from bond markets on Wednesday as it tapped investors for the second time this year, with just 1% allocated to Gulf Co-operation Council-based investors.
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Qatar National Bank has tightened price guidance for its second international bond of this year and books are already in excess of 3bn for the $1bn-maximum trade.
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The Japan Finance Organisation for Municipalities printed the first deal from its budding green bond programme on Tuesday, impressing onlookers with a large book and aggressive price move. The trade shared the market with a social housing bond from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.
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Telefonica, the Spanish telecommunications company, issued senior and hybrid bonds in euros on Monday. While it picked a horrendous day for markets for its offer, Telefonica still managed to pay small or negative price concessions relative to its secondary curve.
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Two supranationals hopped into the Kangaroo market with environmental, social governance (ESG) bond taps this week, in a move that is becoming increasingly popular. With a local holiday this weekend marking the end of antipodean summer, bankers expect Australian dollar issuance to restart in the next few weeks.
