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Estonian sovereign outing its first under local law
◆ Sovereign serves up first 30 year SSA deal in two months ◆ Cost-sensitive issuer opts for limited size ◆ Very small NIP, even by German standards
An public sector issuer breaking a record with a deal this week became so common a claim it began to sound like, well, a broken record. But questions remain about how robust demand really is
Markets ‘not out of the woods yet’ as large sovereigns shorten execution process to de-risk issuance
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One of the major political risks facing the public sector borrowing markets this summer was solved overnight on Tuesday, after the Eurogroup agreed the release of €10.3bn of bail-out funds to Greece. Officials in the country are also optimistic that its debt could benefit from central bank buying as soon as next year, writes Lewis McLellan. -
Middle East bond markets are red hot with $24bn of deals printed so far in 2016 — the highest ever year to date level. However, while Qatar's triple-tranche $9bn jumbo drew a book of $23bn and proved there is abundant demand for high quality GCC borrowers, signs of fatigue are starting to play out in the poor secondary trading performance of some of this week’s other new issues. Virginia Furness reports.
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China had no problem selling its first offshore renminbi bond outside of Hong Kong as a strong showing from central banks pushed the deal to be more than twice subscribed.
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Russia this week printed its first Eurobond since 2013. But the $1.75bn deal — hobbled by Western banks refusing to lead arrange, Euroclear declining to confirm it would settle the bond and compliance teams halting some fund managers from participating — was not a straightforward issue. Debate rages as to whether the exercise has done the sovereign more harm than good.
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JP Morgan and Société Générale both picked up awards at the GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2016 on Wednesday for providing derivative solutions to borrowers.
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Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) is calling for the city’s government to start issuing green bonds in order to become a regional centre for green financing.
