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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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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.