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The International Finance Corporation completed its $1bn offshore Indian rupee-linked bond programme on Thursday, pricing a seven year bond. Bankers expect the successful completion of the IFC’s programme to widen the range of investors involved in offshore rupee deals, while the issuer is already laying the ground for further deals.
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Germany’s three carmakers unleashed a volley of private and niche currency MTNs on Wednesday and Thursday, leading to jostling. Volkswagen was planning to print a note in Norwegian kroner on Thursday, but Daimler beat it to the punch, causing VW to issue in Swedish kronor instead.
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A trio of SSA issuers took to the dollar market this week to sell aggressively priced deals, filling gaps in supply at the front end and belly of the curve. However, while deals this week may have thrived at very tight levels, syndicate officials have warned that issuers may need to be more reasonable in the levels they demand in the near future.
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Germany's three carmakers unleashed a volley of private and niche currency MTNs on Wednesday and Thursday, leading to some jostling. Volkswagen was planning to print a note in Norwegian kroner on Thursday, but Daimler beat it to the punch, causing Volkswagen to sell a deal in Swedish kronor instead.
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Syndicate bankers are primed for a busy period in dollars next week following the smooth execution of four benchmarks in the currency this week despite uncertainty and volatility caused by the situation in Ukraine. -
Demand for dollar deals from a pair of German issuers surpassed expectations this week, as Erste Abwicklungsanstalt followed a heavily oversubscribed print from KfW with its debut benchmark in the currency — and had to increase the size in the face of strong demand.
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More SSA issuers could look to the Kauri market after a World Bank deal this week drew strong demand from international investors and more than doubled in size.
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Political developments helped shape the near and long term picture in the European sovereign debt markets this week, as a change at the top of the Italian government pushed the country’s secondary yields down near record lows — providing superb conditions for when the Italian treasury decides to come with a first syndication of the year. Meanwhile, the UK granted the devolved Scottish government bond issuing powers from the 2015-2016 financial year.
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EuroWeek polled the DCM and bond syndicate teams at leading banks to find out which of their rivals they thought had done the best job across all sectors and currencies through 2013. Here are the results. The borrowers’ poll to decide the top banks and the bankers’ vote on the top borrowers will take place in April and May, and the award winners will be revealed at the EuroWeek Bond Dinner in May.
