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HSBC Finance Corp entered the Swiss franc market for the first time this week, with a dual tranche Sfr650m deal designed to appeal to as many investors as possible.
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Standard & Poor's downgraded Hungary's sovereign credit rating from A- to BBB+ yesterday (Thursday) and maintained a negative outlook, citing a continued deterioration in the country's public finances.
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KfW and Rentenbank brought perfectly timed benchmark bonds this week, taking advantage of the flight to quality bid as conditions remained choppy.
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KfW and Rentenbank brought perfectly timed benchmark bonds this week, taking advantage of the flight to quality bid as conditions remained choppy.
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The long awaited short term European paper (Step) market convention, sponsored by ACI, the Paris based Financial Markets Association, was signed last Friday.
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Dollar swap spreads widened as Treasury prices fell this week after inflation figures increased the likelihood that the Fed would raise rates in two weeks' time.
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It was another painful week for financial institutions in the European bond market, as secondary spreads, particularly on tier one capital, came under renewed pressure.
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TriOptima, the swap transaction elimination service, this week said it had completed its first termination of CDS index positions with a notional value of $14.5bn.
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The global capital markets were a rough and unpredictable place this week, but German state agencies KfW and Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank managed to thrive with some nimble footwork, launching highly successful bonds of Eu5bn and $1.5bn.
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Sampo Bank will shortly begin formal roadshows for its debut balance sheet collateralised loan obligation, offering investors a unique exposure to a Eu1bn portfolio of loans to Finnish small, medium and large companies.
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In a week of renewed stockmarket turmoil, Calyon, Citigroup, HSBC and Morgan Stanley achieved a soaring success with the Eu1.33bn privatisation IPO of Aéroports de Paris, which closed around four times covered.