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New EU deal and year's final sovereign syndications move into focus amid continued yield sell-offs
New label and attractive relative value of French agency paper allow large spread tightening
Issuer now 80% funded for the year, keeps eyes open for opportunities across currencies

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  • The European Central Bank’s first meeting of 2020 takes place on Thursday. While bankers and investors expect little in the way of material developments, the possibility is enough to have kept SSA issuers away from the market.
  • The Republic of the Philippines hit the market with a pair of euro benchmark bonds on Tuesday, making a rapid comeback to the currency.
  • Bankers are quick to warn issuers of the problems that arise from pushing too hard on pricing. But borrowers such as Rentenbank are showing that those with smaller funding needs don’t necessarily have to take them at their word.
  • Barclays put a senior medium term note banker at risk of redundancy on Friday. The bank will hand the reins of its MTN business to a more junior banker in its Paris office.
  • SSA
    Nederlandse Waterschapsbank and the State of Brandenburg took advantage of a lack of euro SSA supply this week to bring well subscribed deals on Tuesday. The Asian Development Bank will be looking to follow with a 10 year euro benchmark on Wednesday.
  • The European Investment Bank is keeping a busy pace in capital markets, mandating banks on Tuesday for its sixth syndicated transaction of the year in a core currency.
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