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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 UK Debt Management Office’s next syndication will be a new index-linked Gilt in the 20 to 25 year part of the curve. Some investors and Gilt-edged market makers had called for that tenor a week ago, although others had been looking for a longer dated issue.
  • Jitters over Italy’s political turmoil receded slightly on Thursday, giving Asia’s stock and bond markets a bit of respite, even as talk of a trade war between China and the US reappeared.
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    Deutsche Börse’s CEO, Theodor Weimer, on Wednesday committed to greatly reducing the exchange group's structural costs by 2020 while doubling down on growth, technology and acquisitions.
  • Italy passed its first debt raising test since its yields blew out earlier in the week amid fears of another round of elections, as it auctioned bonds near the top end of its target volume range on Wednesday. But the sale did show the elevated borrowing costs the country faces.
  • Fears over Italy’s political woes spilling over into a full-blown eurozone crisis eased on Wednesday morning, as investors welcomed news that another round of elections could be avoided.
  • The Republic of the Philippines is looking at two benchmark sized transactions in the second half of the year, to be denominated in dollars and yen, a source at the Bureau of the Treasury told GlobalCapital Asia this week.