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Rates and credit under pressure as battle to be UK prime minister looks set to heat up
World Bank breaks 10 year dollar records while IDA adds another point on euro curve
Breaking through US govvie ‘definitely something on the table’ as issuers test current limit for dollar deals
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When US Consumer Price Index data shot past consensus forecasts of 3.5% to hit 4.2% this week, even hardened inflation sceptics were forced to re-evaluate their positions. The data caused sharp ructions in rates markets and equity portfolios, write Sam Kerr and Lewis McLellan, as investors caught such a dose of the jitters that issuers will have to reconsider their primary capital market plans. -
Several SSA borrowers hit the market in dollars this week, with most achieving strong results in spite of the sharp moves in the underlying rates market.
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If issuers succeed in pushing down the fees they pay banks for syndicating transactions, they could face a more volatile market and reduced competition among banks for their business, according to SSA market participants.
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Demand for SSA bonds in the euro market appears to be weakening but bankers are confident it will not prevent a deal for the European Union going ahead next week, even if the level cheapens.
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Dutch agencies were active in core currency MTN markets earlier this week, including FMO, which sold its first currency-linked bond for almost a year.
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Bart Van Dooren, head of funding and investor relations at Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, will be retiring in January.
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