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An public sector issuer breaking a record with a deal this week became so common a claim it began to sound like, well, a broken record. But questions remain about how robust demand really is
Markets ‘not out of the woods yet’ as large sovereigns shorten execution process to de-risk issuance
Huge order book allowed the issuer to increase size of five year dollar trade
Issuer had already pre-funded in dollars earlier this year
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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.
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Five banks have won the mandate to run investor meetings for Germany’s first joint federal-regional bond — a Bund-Laender-Anheile — with a view to selling a euro benchmark.