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Poland printed a seven year Swiss franc deal on Wednesday. The issuer visited the market — its first time since May 2012 — to refinance a five year bond in the currency set to redeem later this month, according to bankers in Zurich.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain will price its 30 year transaction at a yield of 6% on September 10. The offering is the first dollar bond from the country this year. -
Sovereign, supranational and agency issuers will be fielding calls from origination bankers this week, telling them that if they have another benchmark to do this year, now is the time to do it, as issuers printed to a storming response this week — and clouds gather on the horizon.
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The Government of the Hong Kong SAR opened books for a landmark dollar sukuk on Wednesday, September 10, as the city seeks to establish itself as a regional Islamic financing hub.
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Sweden is set to capitalise on strong demand for top quality issuers at the short-end of the dollar curve, having hired banks for a two year on Wednesday. The last issuer to tap that part of the curve — the Inter-American Development Bank on September 3 — attracted $5.2bn of orders.
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Republic of Poland made a rare visit to the Swiss franc market on Wednesday, printing a seven year bond — its first issue in the currency since 2012. But despite the print bankers expect SSA issuers to remain rare in Swiss francs over the coming weeks because of the enticing levels on offer in euros coupled with movements in the euro/Swiss franc basis swap.
