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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 Central Bank of Tunisia, on behalf of the sovereign, hit the market on Wednesday morning to print a five year euro benchmark.
  • Some investors are betting that Italian government bonds have suffered their worst losses and are hoping S&P will not downgrade the sovereign to junk at the end of this week. That is despite a spat between the Italian government and the European Commission over the former’s budget plans which saw the latter reject an EU member's budget proposal for the first time ever this week.
  • Italian government bonds took a hit on Tuesday after the European Commission asked the country to send a revised draft of its budget plans. But yields stayed below the 2018 peaks they hit late last week when investors feared that Moody’s could downgrade the sovereign to junk.
  • Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan waded into the drama unfolding in the Middle East on Tuesday morning. He called the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a “pre-meditated” and “political murder”, but stopped short of revealing new evidence and left investors unfazed.
  • Oman has picked five banks to run the books for a seven year dollar benchmark, following an investor call scheduled for Tuesday.
  • Ukraine has hit screens for a dollar bond, coming hot on the heels of a $3.9bn loan agreement with the IMF.