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The Commonwealth of Australia has come to the bond market with its first fixed coupon syndicated trade of the year, a 3.25% April 2029 benchmark trade. Books are expected to close on the deal on Wednesday morning.
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The Republic of the Philippines is almost ready to sell a global peso bond that it will use to buy back some of its existing dollar debt. But bankers are sceptical that many other sovereigns will follow the country in selling synthetic currency bonds.
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Benchmark SSA supply from the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and European Union (EU) was on hold this week ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on Thursday and the inauguration of the European Stabilisation Mechanism (ESM) on Monday.
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The Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency (IGCP) returned to the capital markets on Wednesday morning for the first time since 2011 with a €3.75bn bond exchange.
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The SSA primary market was dominated by CEE sovereign credits this week, with the Czech Republic and Poland taking advantage of the stable conditions and lack of competing supply to issue long dated transactions and cement new, tight levels on their curves.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) rate cut on Tuesday morning — its third of the year — has refocused investor attention on a dwindling supply of high coupon Kangaroo paper.