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Canadian province to maintain market-friendly funding approach and 'meet investors where they want us'
Busy and ‘euro-heavy’ week ahead but dollar pipeline also building with issuers set to bring forward bond plans
◆ First dollar SSA benchmark in two weeks, 'very successful' ◆ 'Pro-investor' pricing approach on show once again ◆ Funding for new fiscal year well underway
Busy Thursday ahead as five euro and dollar benchmarks set to price after a slow March
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The Canton of Zurich sold Sfr1.01bn ($1.07bn) of debt on Tuesday across four tranches, selling two, nine, 13 and 25 year bonds. The 25 year bond, brought in response to reverse inquiries, came as a surprise to the bookrunners in light of rising interest rates in recent weeks.
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Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg joined the growing band of French regions and local authorities in the private placement market on Tuesday, raising €65m with a 20 year note.
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Germany printed its first federal-regional bond, a Bund-Laender-Anheile (BLA), on Wednesday afternoon at a slight premium to mid-swaps in the first benchmark to grace the public sector debt markets in a week.
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Senior SSA bankers predicted a concentration of power into the hands of a few bulge bracket firms following the demise of UBS’s SSA franchise in late 2012. But, as Ralph Sinclair discovers, the broader picture is far more complicated as a swathe of banks have rushed in to serve SSA issuers.
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SSA bankers predicted that the week’s new issue supply could be confined to sovereign borrowers, as the volatility which engulfed markets late last week shows little sign of abating.
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The Finanzagentur unveiled on Thursday which states will participate in the inaugural Bund-Laender-Anheile.