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Strong short end dollar demand led a host of issuers to print tight deals this week, including one debut. Investor appetite is expected to stay strong, but bankers are sceptical that there will be much supply. -
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Bahrain raised $3bn this week, reopening the market for Gulf bonds after a long summer of political tension in the region. Despite deteriorating financials and a rising debt burden, exceptional market conditions, and expectations of support from its larger neighbour, boosted the book to $15bn, writes Virginia Furness.
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Austria's 100 year bond, priced on Tuesday, highlighted just how far investors will go — and in their droves — to earn a bit of yield, with even the imminent threat of rising rates in euros unable to deter them from placing orders more than three times the size of a deal that was by no means measly. Lewis McLellan reports.
