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First Canadian province to visit euros in 2026
◆ Cautious start after spreads moved around ◆ KfW's spread tightens, but Länder unmoved ◆ ‘Real’ Länder-KfW spread yet to be established
German sovereign goes for conventional over green as smaller peers join a crowded Tuesday
Primary market shows strength but pockets of weakness a reminder that ‘1bp could make all the difference’
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Auckland Council, the entity governing New Zealand’s most populous region, made its debut in Swiss francs on Monday with an 11 year trade. The deal is Auckland’s first trade in a currency other than New Zealand dollars or Australian dollars. Meanwhile, MuniFin tapped a 10 year.
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The State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania came to market with its first benchmark syndicated trade, a 10 year bond, on Monday morning. The deal absorbed investor interest stirred up by the State of Lower Saxony’s seven year deal last week.
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Lower Saxony was the first of the German states to come to market this year, pricing a seven year trade on Thursday. The leads will price the deal on Thursday afternoon, following a bookbuild impaired by a lack of interest from domestic investors.
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How 2013 will pan out in the capital markets is too tough to call. At the end of last year there were plenty of doom merchants predicting all sorts of disasters. There was justification for it and some things did go badly — especially at UBS. But plenty went right from the bumper first quarter, to many more blowout deals than dogs and with most issuers able to wrap up early for the year.
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Natixis lead managed a deal for the Spanish region of Aragon on Tuesday. The deal is the latest in a recent spate of Spanish regional issuance.
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Introducing floating net asset values as standard could be one way of tackling the low rate environment which has been causing headaches for money market funds, according to fund managers in Europe. Many US managers still oppose the move, however.