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◆ Issuer brings second annual benchmark ◆ Pricing tightened 1bp ◆ Investors hold 'more power' in current market
◆ KfW sells another green deal in active year for the label ◆ Less than 2bp NIP paid this time ◆ FMO prices in line with MuniFin, Tennet NL
◆ Deal followed Sofr debut in February ◆ Further interest already seen, taps possible ◆ Pricing came slightly inside fixed rate dollars
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Analysts at Amherst Capital Management are predicting that the continued unwind of the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasuries and MBS and increased deficit spending from the US government could lead to even wider spreads in credit markets throughout 2019. -
2019 is likely to be another year where the independent mandate of central bankers comes under pressure from populist politicians in democracies. It is easy for those in the market to sympathise with the quiet technocrats over the loud-mouthed headbangers, but scrutiny is deserved.
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Once a darling of emerging markets investors, Turkey flirted with disaster in 2018 when instead of battling out-of-control inflation it followed voter-pleasing policies and plunged into a recession, amid a poisonous combination of political and monetary forces. Although Turkey and its banks have swiftly regained debt market access, its future is clouded by the harsh realities of global economics, write Lewis McLellan and Mariam Meskin.
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The US slammed the international bond market shut to Russian borrowers in April by imposing sharp sanctions on a few private companies. Seven months later Gazprom sold a euro bond, but it is a unique credit. Investors are still terrified of another kicking from Western authorities. Francesca Young speaks to Russian borrowers about how they are planning their funding in uncertain times.
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European Union member states are set to soothe banks’ concerns about having too tight a window to change their risk-free euro reference rate from Eonia, with a postponement of the transition to Ester due on Wednesday.
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Italian populists rocked Europe in 2018, bringing fresh political and market turmoil, highlighting the EU’s failures while simultaneously making it harder to solve them. When the next crisis arrives, the bloc may well rue missed opportunities to shore up the financial system.
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