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Second digital project won’t be the issuer’s last, Länder peers may be ‘interested and willing’ to join in
◆ Half-year close keeps some issuers on sidelines ◆ Bankers expect big euro supply to come ◆ More concession on pricing could be required
A Kilt will pay a spread over Gilts it cannot justify on credit, which makes it a political gesture rather than a funding tool
Guillaume Pichard, assistant deputy minister, on the five year call, the repo boost and the cost versus home
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Sterling could be a go-to currency of 2014 for euro funding sovereign, supranational and agency issuers as the euro/dollar basis swap has left dollars looking less attractive and tight dollar swap spreads have some investors picking government bonds over spread products.
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The Autonomous Community of Madrid showed that sovereigns are not the only issuers welcome in the seemingly never ending parade of barnstorming peripheral eurozone bond syndications since the turn of the year on Tuesday. The region sold its largest ever bond at a pre-crisis spread over Bonos, leaving a clear space in the pageant for other Spanish regions to seek suitors in the coming weeks.
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An investor hunt for yield and a flattening French sovereign curve are helping the country’s regional borrowers push out the average maturity of their debt. But despite a recent record long tenor by one of the issuers, asset liability management constraints will put a ceiling on further maturity extension, according to dealers.
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The Autonomous Community of Madrid is set to sell its first euro benchmark in a year this week, while Instituto de Crédito Oficial could return to the Samurai market after a nearly four year absence. The potential trades come after Spain wowed the market by printing the largest eurozone sovereign deal in history last week.
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A five year dollar benchmark from Province of Ontario looked set for success on Thursday. Strong demand, stimulated by the double-digit spread to mid-swaps on offer, has allowed the issuer to set the size $500m larger than targeted.
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International appetite boosted a benchmark trade from the Joint Laender (44) on Wednesday, with interest from several new investors helping to buoy the deal.