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Bloc steals focus in euro market this week as World Bank's IDA brings SEC-exempt debut in dollars
◆ Issuer's first sterling deal since Feb 2024 ◆ Large order book, decent levels ◆ Enough peer comps to build curve
New label and attractive relative value of French agency paper allow large spread tightening

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  • Korea Development Bank moved to place the largest Korean Kangaroo earlier this week, a note that was also priced more tightly than any other Korean-issued Aussie dollar deal.
  • The World Bank was one of a bevy of SSA dollar issuers raising a total of $8.4bn this week, with most of the trades indicating that investors coming back from the summer were having to decipher a completely different market to the one they left.
  • The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development had a triumphant debut deal linked to Sofr this week, with the borrower drawing new investors that had never been in its books before.
  • The European Stability Mechanism is expected to use its scheduled funding window next week to issue a dollar bond after it did not send out a request for proposals for a euro deal as it usually does, according to market participants.
  • Auckland Council appointed banks on Monday to arrange a roadshow for a euro benchmark with an intermediate to long maturity, in what will be its first bond in the currency since 2017
  • Investors showed resistance to Germany's first ever 30 year bond sale without a coupon on Wednesday, as the total bids fell below the size of the trade. However, some analysts said the trade offered good value, with yields set to fall further as the European Central Bank prepares to inject fresh stimulus into the eurozone.
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