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A small number of issuers remain open to the possibility of new benchmark deals - despite the weak sentiment in markets - as all eyes are focussed on the FOMC meeting next week to assess what levels of Quantitative Easing the Federal Reserve's chairman, Ben Bernanke, is willing to provide. But talk of a market access crisis is premature, said bankers, given SSA borrowers are flush with cash having front-loaded issuance programmes.
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SSA Markets's sister publication, EuroWeek, gave out its awards to the SSA bond market in London on Thursday night. Read below to see who won and who was nominated on the night. SSA bankers were entertained on the evening by popular comedian Alistair McGowan, pictured below with SSA Markets deputy editor, Tessa Wilkie and FIG niche currency bond supremo, Nomura's Nick "The Niche" Dent. -
Europe’s sovereign, supranational and agency markets balked over a bailout package for troubled eurozone sovereign nation Cyprus on Monday, but market participants were confident that supply would get back on track once the surprise news was digested. This was backed up by Nederlandse Waterschapsbank announcing a dollar mandate on Monday afternoon [see separate story].
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EuroWeek understands that Jeremy Shaw has resigned from Barclays, where he was co-head of rates syndicate alongside Torsten Elling.
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Mark Wheatcroft, the former head of EMEA debt syndicate at UBS, will join Mizuho International in London in early February as head of debt syndicate, EuroWeek understands.
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UBS swung the axe at its SSA business on Tuesday morning, doing so with little warning and in brutal fashion. At least four SSA bankers were made redundant from the Swiss firm’s debt capital markets desk with people also leaving trading, syndicate and research.
