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Austria, Greece and Iceland all received huge order books for their first syndicated bonds of the year, coming hot on the heels of a European Union jumbo dual-tranche sale earlier in the week.
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Arab Petroleum Investment Corp — the multilateral development bank — held investor calls on Monday for a bond offering, nine months after its previous dollar outing. Although emerging market SSA issuance has been dominated by low rated, high yielding credits since the start of the year, investment grade issuers will begin to trickle in, bankers say.
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Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades), the agency responsible for financing and amortising French social security debt, printed a £1.5bn social bond on Wednesday — the first ever deal in that currency and format from a public sector borrower.
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The UK Debt Management Office launched a new 25 year line on Tuesday, raising £6.5bn. The DMO also published the minutes of its call with investors and Gilt-edged Market Makers on Monday, revealing strong appetite for inflation-linked products.
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Nomura has added more than 20 private bankers and investment advisers in Hong Kong and Singapore as part of its strategy to boost its wealth management business in Asia and globally.
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Nomura has expanded its covered bond trading capacity with a new hire from BNP Paribas.
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Aroundtown, the Frankfurt-listed property company, opened 2021’s corporate hybrid capital issuance on Monday. More subordinated deals are already being lined up.
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Banco Sabadell cut a lone figure on Friday as it ventured out into a quieter market to print a €500m tier two — its first bond since the proposed merger with BBVA fell through last November,
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The UK Debt Management Office has chosen the banks to lead the sale of a new 25 year conventional Gilt via syndication, following support for this maturity by Gilt-edged Market Makers (GEMMs) and investors in a consultation at the end of November.