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◆ €18bn blockbuster executed in June ◆ Book size and quality both comparable to January ◆ Greece, Sweden to conclude sovereign pipeline for H1
◆ Lead points to high-quality book ◆ Subscription ratio slips from prior tap ◆ Maturity had 'pretty clear consensus'
‘Very normal market’ despite ongoing war and volatility to support another wave of new issues
Bankers say the ambition to price the first SSA bond through US Treasuries has faded as recent five year deals stall and barely perform in secondary
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The UK government announced on Friday that it is planning to sell an offshore renminbi bond, which would make it the first sovereign outside China to do so. A slew of supranational and agency issuers have been drawn to the market this week following favourable moves in the dollar/renminbi basis swap.
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This week's scorecard covers the funding progress of selected sovereign issuers. Read on to see which are over the 80% mark. -
It could all have been avoided so easily. Before the Scottish independence referendum became a reality, opinion polls showed Scots were heavily in favour of more powers for their parliament, including raising cash through tax or debt.
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As Scotland prepares to vote on September 18 opinion polls show the referendum is too close to call. One way this could impact the public sector markets is if other regions that have campaigned so far unsucessfully for independence from their sovereigns, such as Spain’s Catalonia, take courage from Scotland's attempt to try for themselves.
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The Republic of Ghana returned to the international bond markets on Thursday, pricing a $1bn 2026 amortising bond to yield 8.25%, despite worries about the country's fiscal position and a weakening currency.
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Hong Kong put its distinctive stamp on the burgeoning international sukuk market this week, as the first non-Islamic Asian sovereign to tap the asset class. That novelty proved no obstacle, though, with the $1bn five year deal meeting an enthusiastic response and adding momentum to the city’s aspiration of becoming a regional Islamic financing hub, write Isabella Zhong and Rev Hui.
