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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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  • SSA
    There was a smattering of sterling deals from public sector borrowers this week, as the biggest issuer in the currency — the UK Debt Management Office — provided details for its next syndication.
  • The ECB outlined how its planned replacement for Euribor, the Ester rate, will work, in a release published on Thursday. The new rate will begin publication from October next year.
  • Italy faced an auction test on Thursday morning and came out with a result that traders said “wasn’t that bad”, despite the political uncertainty facing the country.
  • Other than balance sheets, all banks have to offer is their people. And this week, Nomura made an unusually large statement, hiring three of them at once to bulk up its EMEA rates business.
  • Spain, fresh from its success with a 10 year benchmark on Tuesday, is eyeing a return to the long end of the syndicated inflation linker market towards the end of the year.
  • The Kingdom of Bahrain’s five year CDS spread has plummeted as investors’ fears of the country’s inability to meet the repayment of its $750m November 2018 sukuk began to recede after a statement of support from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.