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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
    The sterling market for public sector borrowers has trundled back into gear after the shock UK election result on June 8. A series of issuers printed through this week, while the UK Debt Management Office announced its plans for the second syndication of the 2017-18 financial year.
  • Public sector bankers have backed claims by Greece’s finance minister that the country could return to the capital markets this year “with or without QE”. The fact that another periphery sovereign, Spain, was able to print a stellar trade on Tuesday despite comments by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi sending markets in a tizzy about the possible end of QE further bolstered the statement, bankers added. Craig McGlashan reports.
  • Ireland has printed just shy of the 50 year part of the euro curve using a pair of private placements, a market it has used with increasing frequency over the last year.
  • Barclays confirmed on Thursday that it had hired Filippo Zorzoli to head macro distribution for EMEA and Asia Pacific, and head solutions sales globally. The hire forms part of the firm’s rebuild of its macro business, and is likely to be followed by further senior hires, as reported by GlobalCapital in May.
  • Bondholders and creditors remain at loggerheads over the restructuring of Mozambique’s debt following the publication of an independent audit of the country’s debt by risk assessment firm Kroll.
  • Nigeria last week priced the first ever SEC-registered diaspora bond, raising $300m from a novel funding source made up of Nigerian expatriates. And continuing its bid to diversify its funding kit, the sovereign has now turned its sights to a naira denominated sukuk.