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◆ First of seven syndications breaks multiple records ◆ Investor engagement and communications helped stable execution ◆ Smaller programme this year but ‘still a lot’ to tackle
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Busy and ‘euro-heavy’ week ahead but dollar pipeline also building with issuers set to bring forward bond plans
◆ Minimal premium paid ◆ Size at top of range ◆ Issuer seizes upon stability
◆ 'Cautious' start say some market participants ◆ New issue premium debated ◆ Price and size praised by rivals
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  • The Conservative Party’s lead in the opinion polls is giving rise to expectations that risk assets will rally, Gilts will sell off and primary markets will remain open after the UK general election on December 12. But a victory for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party would cause panic.
  • Giancarlo heads to private sector — Barclays structurer goes to buy side — Danske reorganises DCM
  • Christian Schreckeis, the former head of capital markets and investor relations at the Austrian treasury, has taken on additional responsibility for Austria's budget.
  • The FICC Market Standards Board has just released guidance on the proper conduct of government bond auctions, cautioning banks — and primary dealers especially — to manage their conflicts of interest carefully. That’s fine as far as it goes, but the whole point of the primary dealer system is to rig the market, with finely tuned incentives on all sides to make sure governments have access to funding whatever the weather.
  • The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced the timing of the fifth and final syndication of its financial year.
  • S&P raised Ireland’s debt rating to AA- on Friday, almost nine years to day that Ireland agreed to a bailout programme from the European Troika.