NatWest Markets
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A pair of investment grade issuers made rare appearances in niche currency bond markets this week. Deutsche Telekom returned to the Swiss franc market after a 10 year absence, while Hitachi Capital UK made its debut in rand. -
The Council of Europe Development Bank sold a rare seven year sterling benchmark on Thursday, as issuers go further along the curve in the currency to avoid an unattractive cross currency basis swap at the short end.
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Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) added to the sterling market's fast start to the year on Thursday, launching a new preferred senior bond in the currency and awarding investors with a small new issue premium.
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UK flooring company Victoria issued a €170m add-on to its €330m of outstanding 5.25% senior secured notes, due in 2024. The royal carpet maker successfully issued its debut bond last summer after failing at the first attempt in 2018 in a horribly timed launch.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank and the State of Brandenburg took advantage of a lack of euro SSA supply this week to bring well subscribed deals on Tuesday. The Asian Development Bank will be looking to follow with a 10 year euro benchmark on Wednesday.
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Nationwide Building Society launched a three year preferred senior bond in sterling on Friday, with the trade’s success coming as 'no surprise' amid a favourable backdrop in the currency.
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AIIB made its dim sum debut this week into a booming market. A slew of deals has been sold in recent weeks, with more paper printed in last the last 10 days than in the whole of any other year, except for 2019.
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High grade corporate names kicked off the 2020 sterling market in style this week, with big books and eye-catching trades for the University of Oxford, Clarion Housing and Ireland's Electricity Supply Board.
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The International Development Association (IDA) impressed with its debut sterling bond on Thursday, as it received the largest ever order book for the currency in the SSA market. It also equalled the biggest ever trade in sterling by a non-UK public sector borrower.
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The European socially responsible investment corporate bond market has made a rampant start this year, with issuance in the first two weeks already more than 10% of the total issued by companies in European currencies in 2019.
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Eni, the Italian oil and gas company, raised €1bn with a bond issue on Thursday, while Quadient, the unrated French postal systems company formerly known as Neopost, continued the run of more esoteric corporate bond issuance.
