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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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  • Mizuho International, the London securities and investment banking arm of the Japanese banking group, has cut jobs in its capital markets business over the past week, and among those leaving is a senior DCM banker.
  • The Republic of Indonesia seized an opportunistic window after the G20 summit to raise $3bn in its annual dollar funding exercise. While the issuer’s timing was impeccable, it was still forced to pay a double-digit premium to attract cautious investors. Morgan Davis reports.
  • Frankfurt-based Eurex Clearing on Thursday announced that 24 firms had signed up to take advantage of its new partnership programme for repo market participants.
  • Portugal extended its duration with a bond exchange on Wednesday, exchanging two bonds maturing in 2020 and 2021 for taps of bonds maturing in 2023 and 2027.
  • US president Donald Trump and Chinese general secretary Xi Jinping's agreement to hold a 90 day truce in their trade war was greeted warmly by emerging markets investors eager for good news. But the rally didn’t last long.
  • Sterling investors poured into the UK Gilt market on Tuesday after Theresa May’s Brexit plans received multiple defeats in parliament. They will "remain cautious" ahead of the crunch vote on the Brexit deal on December 11, according to buy-side analysts.