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  • Kuwait nipped in on Monday ahead of the Fed decision this week to raise $8bn with its debut bond, establishing a liquid benchmark at the five and 10 year parts of the curve. While the emphatic statement the deal made was not in question, there was debate about the bonds’ relative value against other Gulf sovereigns.
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    Croatia’s revived euro benchmark had received orders of €2.75bn and seen its order books shut by lunchtime Monday with the country having enjoyed a ratings agency boost on Friday to defy any fears of being overshadowed by Kuwait’s sovereign deal, which was also in the market.
  • Attractive pricing helped Kuwait build a huge order book on Monday morning for its debut bond as bankers debated where pricing should land for the sovereign.
  • The Lebanese Republic has mandated four banks to tap into the long end of the bond market with a multi-tranche dollar deal, ahead of what bankers expect will be another busy start to the week ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
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  • Bondholders of Belize’s struggling superbond have backed the government’s amendments to a restructuring proposal after the borrower finally ceded ground during negotiations.