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◆ Italy dazzles with size as we launch our new MTN Awards ◆ Enel snubs the market it created ◆ Record month for CEEMEA bond issuers
European sovereign pair showcased the value of the MTN market
Chunky collared FRN expands sovereign's private funding for the year to €4bn
Major corporates pile into short end of the private placement market
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Swedish Export Credit Corporation is keen to follow up its second ever privately placed dim sum this week with more deals in the currency, the issuer told EuroWeek. Meanwhile, its Norwegian neighbour, Nordic Investment Bank is also considering its first dim sum deal.
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Bankers have lobbied supranational and agency borrowers for years to sign two-way Credit Support Annexes (CSAs) to overcome the ramping up of new issue swap hedging costs on primary bond business. It is a cost that has had senior SSA bankers fearing for the very life of the SSA bond business. But now the forces of Abenomics acting upon Japanese investor habits may drive borrowers to reconsider their swap arrangements putting to bed one of the longest running and fiercest debates in capital markets.
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UK local authorities should follow the example of French and German counterparts and look to print private placements, MTN dealers urged this week.
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Asian Development Bank sold its first Singaporean dollar deal in nearly six years on November 6 in a S$500m ($402m) private placement.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten will polish off its funding target for the rest of the year with small deals, similar to a pair of trades it placed early this week.
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Several sovereign, supranational and agencies looking to diversify their investor base have ramped up their private placement issuance this year. But the smartest borrowers have looked past medium term note programmes and are investigating the Schuldschein and Namensschuldverschreibung formats — two markets that have moved beyond their German origins and are attracting more international investors and issuers.