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Peace agreement will be needed to restore normal enthusiasm
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Czech Export Bank, which priced a Kc1.8bn ($93.4m) private placement this week, is preparing to sell a floating rate note in euros next month, a treasury official has told EuroWeek.
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Finland’s Municipality Finance is aiming to launch its first-ever three year fixed rate dollar benchmark amid the rush of issuance expected in September. Fellow Nordic agency Kommuninvest, which also has another dollar benchmark to come this year, plans to avoid the rush by waiting until October before bringing its deal.
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Supranational and agency borrowers are queueing up to supply socially responsible investors with ethical products once bond markets reopen in the autumn, helping to push the asset class further into the mainstream. At least two SSA borrowers and possibly one corporate credit are eyeing debut socially responsible investment (SRI) deals for the final third of 2013, write Craig McGlashan and Nathan Collins.
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Icelandic renewable-energy company Landsvirkjun sold its first bonds without a government guarantee this week and is keeping an eye out for further opportunities to build its unguaranteed presence.
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Euro funding agencies found their sterling commercial paper in heavy demand this week, as a favourable euro/sterling basis swap helped the issuers print £2.7bn by 12pm London time on Thursday — adding to what has already been a record breaking year for public sector borrowers in the currency.
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Zambia is set to become the latest country to benefit from Washington supranationals’ diversification into local and offshore African currencies, after the International Finance Corporation became the first foreign issuer to be approved to place Zambian kwacha bonds on the domestic market. Meanwhile, the World Bank returned to the Ugandan shilling market.