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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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  • Demand for the Republic of Finland’s latest bond was high on Wednesday as it printed through the ECB deposit rate to sell “the most expensive syndication of all time”, according to a banker on the deal. The five year note came 29.9bp richer than Austria’s previous record holding deal, another five year note sold in June.
  • Some SSA investors have been taken by surprise by how quick the dollar market has reopened this week, with the clutch of trades on screens on Wednesday being regarded as important benchmarks for the coming weeks.
  • The UK Debt Management Office has announced that it is planning to reopen its 2054 Gilt through syndication in the week beginning September 9.
  • SSA
    Public sector borrowers will have to contend with much more difficult funding conditions in euros when they arrive en masse following the summer beak, according to SSA bankers.
  • How can capital markets professionals talk about new issue premiums when it is becoming normal for issuers to price bonds at negative yields?
  • The UK was over two and half times covered for a tender of long end Gilt on Thursday.