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Swedish Export Credit Corporation is keen to follow up its second ever privately placed dim sum this week with more deals in the currency, the issuer told EuroWeek. Meanwhile, its Norwegian neighbour, Nordic Investment Bank is also considering its first dim sum deal.
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Syndicate bankers predict a higher level of international investor participation in sterling deals in 2014. Three high profile borrowers — KfW, Network Rail and EIB — demonstrated the diverse range of demand in the market, finding strong demand in different parts of the curve throughout the week.
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A spectacular start to 2014 for peripheral eurozone issuers across all asset classes not only led to some incredible bond deals but fuelled speculation that the first country to fall in the eurozone sovereign debt crisis — Greece — could make a return to bond markets this year.
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Core Europe navigated a slightly tricky start to the first full week of 2014 to end with a strong performance, despite being overshadowed by triple-digit spreads to swaps on offer in deals from their peripheral peers. Holidays and a European Central Bank meeting also contrived to keep volumes lower than in the first week of trading in 2013.
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Norway’s Kommunalbanken could print an inaugural euro benchmark in the first half of this year. The local government financing agency wants to become a regular issuer of euro benchmarks to complement its dollar funding programme, which will remain its main focus.
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The first public sector borrowers to bring new issues in dollars since the Federal Reserve announced it would begin tapering its quantitative easing programme in December were rewarded with strong demand and oversubscribed deals this week. The slew of trades could presage a rush of dollar trades while demand in the currency is strong and issuers seek to print before yields head northwards as the effects of tapering kick in.