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German bond house adds to growing roster of primary dealerships
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◆15 year a ‘good entry point to the long-end’, says sovereign ◆ Fear of missing out from both old and new investors ◆ Why Italy ran no co-lead pot this time
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Two more public sector borrowers brought strong trades to finish a bumper week of dollar deals, both printing $1.5bn of short end dollar paper. -
Saudi Arabia cut through rising swap spreads on Wednesday to print its third jumbo transaction, bringing its funding efforts to $39bn over 12 months. The issuer kept the buyside sweet with around a 10bp new issue concession, and all three tranches were tighter in the secondary market on Thursday.
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A glut of short end dollar issuance this week is set to ramp up on Thursday, after a pair of rare names in the currency mandated on Wednesday. The trades will follow a strong showing from Finnvera after the Finnish agency — also an uncommon name in dollars — printed its largest ever trade in the currency.
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Saudi Arabia is having a good week — finally allowing women to drive, albeit not until June 2018, and bookbuilding for a third jumbo international bond. But investors are praying the sovereign does not step on the accelerator too hard and leaves some spread on the table to ensure performance, after a poor week for EM new issues.
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EM investors are nervous: only one of the new emerging market sovereign bonds issued in the last two weeks is trading above par and now Saudi Arabia has opened books on what is likely to be a third jumbo transaction.
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Hungary is set to take advantage of lower rates in euros to buy back its more expensive outstanding dollar debt.
