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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken on Tuesday confirmed the growing recovery of the jumbo covered bond market, pricing the first Scandinavian benchmark in six months, a Eu1bn five year mortgage backed deal.
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Caisse de Refinancement de l’Habitat on Wednesday returned to the jumbo market with a new issue after an absence of more than a year, pricing a 10 year deal at the same level as last week’s obligations foncières from Société Générale SCF in the same maturity.
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There was a revival of interest in callable zero coupon bonds this week as several Asian investors swooped in to buy bonds in the structure from highly rated issuers.
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The City of Warsaw has established a Eu1.3bn medium term note programme, the first by a Polish municipality.
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The Financial Services Authority’s Covered Bond Standing Group (CBSG) is setting up a UK covered bond trade association, EuroWeek’s sister publication, The Cover, has learnt.
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The international Capital Market Association has founded the Covered Bond Investor Council (CBIC) to promote the interests of covered bond investors.
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Banca Monte dei Paschi and Banca Popolare di Milano this week became the first Italian banks to take advantage of a government scheme to strengthen their capital base by selling bonds to the treasury.
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Trading on the London stock exchange has suffered in the 11 months until February, reflecting deterioration market conditions, the LSE said in a trading update on Thursday.
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Bayerische Landesbank reported a net loss of Eu5.08bn for 2008. WestLB, meanwhile, had a post-tax profit of Eu18bn, and it announced that it plans to auction off parts of the bank.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for less than $250m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, self-led deals and issues with a term of less than 365 days
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Russia on Thursday joined Kazakhstan and China in calling for the creation of a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar.
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Sales of commercial paper to the Bank of England’s Asset Purchase facility declined this week as only one new issuer seemed to use the fund.