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IFFIm dollar return shows impact paper still commands a bid
World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
Deal raises questions about whether transaction was done at arm's length
Alliander seals tight dual tranche euro deal
◆ Safer credits prove popular in uncertain market ◆ Alliander sheds orders as it punches through fair value ◆ Argan ends near five year euro absence
Hybrid bonds fly as investors chase lower risk issuers
Red-hot corporate hybrid bond market could tempt more debut issuers
Deal raises questions about whether transaction was done at arm's length
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◆ Sentiment improves after ceasefire extended ◆ Handelsbanken nears record tights ◆ Jyske Bank attracts €3.3bn of orders -
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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◆ Rival banker had expected attrition but order book grew ◆ Sustainability bond CDC's first euro benchmark of year ◆ New issue premium estimated
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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
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At London investor day, supranational reveals deals and plans for new funding and investments, including fully African project financing
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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
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Fund modelled on Romania’s Fondul has $2.4bn of assets
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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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High demand from institutional and retail investors for maker of Patriot missile components
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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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Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has missed yet another payment, this time of $750m, on a loan it raised in 2016 to acquire Ingram Micro, a US information technology and products distributor.
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Chile priced the tightest EM sovereign bond in the Covid-19 era on Tuesday, selling a dollar deal flat or inside its curve and tight to where neighbouring rival Peru had issued last month.
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Europe’s SMEs are in trouble. The coronavirus pandemic has zeroed revenues and threatens their very existence. They last faced a big threat in the 2008 crisis when bank lending dried up and a recession took hold. Back then, securitization took a lot of the blame as the cause, but this time it offers a route to rescue.
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