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Investors have called on the UK Debt Management Office to extend its conventional curve with a syndication in September — although the view is far from unanimous. -
The euro market, despite a week shortened by European holidays, churned out a steady diet of solid deals. The French election, credited with triggering the rally, is growing more distant but the bid for quality fixed income paper remains as healthy as ever.
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Oman made its public market sukuk debt on Tuesday to raise $2bn with a well-supported trade. While bankers on the deal argued that Oman achieved a “sukuk discount”, others said the deal came flat to its conventional curve.
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The Italian Treasury on Thursday bought back €4.2bn of the November 2017 BTP Italia — more than €1bn above its target amount — as part of a syndicated exchange that swapped the bonds for paper maturing in the 2020s and 2030s.
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Egypt garnered a mammoth $11bn book this week, letting it boost the size of its tap to $3bn as investors bet on a better future for the country under the stewardship of the International Monetary Fund.
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News that the International Monetary Fund and eurozone finance ministers were unable to agree on Greek debt relief has sent yields on the beleaguered sovereign’s 10 year debt rocketing upwards.
