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Roundtable: Japan’s SSAs focus on flexible strategy, short tenor bonds to navigate choppy markets
Japan’s sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) borrowers continue to be among the most highly regarded issuers in global debt markets, supported by strong credit fundamentals and deep domestic demand. But with a complex geopolitical background, diverging global monetary policies, the Bank of Japan’s policy signals, and recent elections in the country, issuers are operating in an unpredictable environment.
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Bank completes more than half its annual funding before first quarter blackout
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◆ German grid funds capex drive with dual tranche hybrid ◆ Demand holds firm despite aggressive tightening ◆ Deals land close to fair value -
At London investor day, supranational reveals deals and plans for new funding and investments, including fully African project financing
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◆ ASN's tightest senior bond since 2021 ◆ Dutch lender becomes only the second FIG borrower to have issued more than one European Green Bond ◆ Deal comes hours before 'massive rally' ensues from opening of Strait of Hormuz
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◆ Austrian lender's first bond issue of the year ◆ Achieves investor diversification beyond core buyers in DACH, says lead ◆ Moves pricing more than most of its past senior trades
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◆ Bond tightens in grey market after record Treasury level ◆ Goldilocks scenario drew investors ◆ Canadian SSAs back in dollars
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◆ Issuer’s first EuGB hybrid 10 times covered at peak ◆ Tight senior/sub spreads attractive for issuers... ◆ ...while solid yields entice investors
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State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating
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Shares in company, which manufactures underwater mine disposal drones, have risen by close to 50% this year
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Renewables can make Europe’s capital markets less vulnerable to energy price shocks
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Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months
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The DRC has a poor governance record but that doesn't mean things will end in tears for its investors
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Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp
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The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors
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A piece of very rare African senior bank issuance could also come this week
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Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
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In an age of abundant information and opinion, where much of it is wrong, smart investment bankers can still be valuable to clients by embracing the complexity
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Bot claims funding is ‘cheaper than peers who borrow from independent banks or credit funds’
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Even if ceasefire succeeds, investors will still want a risk premium
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BMW Bank has released initial price thoughts for its latest car loan securitization, set to test the primary ABS market, which has been dormant for nearly two months.
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The European Central Bank said this week that it wants to be ‘pragmatic’ with its supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) this year, keeping Pillar 2 capital requirements at stable levels for banks amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Synlab’s multi-part liability management exercise has ended up leaning more heavily on the bond market than on loans, with the new FRN leg boosted from €400m to €850m, more than compensating for limited take-up from lenders asked to switch into a longer dated loan. But it should be little surprise that the bond went better, as it paid investors an extra 75bp for a near-identical product.
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