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FIG bond bankers are worried, as one put it, that “the steam is coming out of the Kangaroo market” after Thursday’s additional tier 1 (AT1) deal from Société Générale failed to reach the heights of deals from UBS and BNP Paribas earlier in the summer. -
SSA issuers of dollar bonds were able to push harder on spread than they have in recent weeks on Wednesday, surprising syndicate bankers away from the deals.
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The dollar SSA market burst into life on Tuesday, but some bankers say that the tight spreads and low yields on offer mean there is little guarantee any of the trades will be easy.
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French bank BPCE has mandated lead managers for a potential five year senior preferred deal in the Australian dollar market — its first this year in the currency.
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After issuing its biggest ever bond last week, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten will wait until after the highly anticipated US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings later this month before deciding what to do about its next benchmark new issue.
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The World Bank is planning to add fully digital cash settlement, multiple currencies and more nodes to its ‘bond–i’ platform, according to a banker involved in developing the blockchain system. Earlier this month, the supranational added tap functionality, as it raised A$50m ($33.7m) of capital.
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SSA dollar deals printed this week ground tighter in the secondary market on Thursday, despite the notes coming within a hair’s width of US sovereign debt.
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Demand for the Republic of Finland’s latest bond was high on Wednesday as it printed through the ECB deposit rate to sell “the most expensive syndication of all time”, according to a banker on the deal. The five year note came 29.9bp richer than Austria’s previous record holding deal, another five year note sold in June.
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SSA issuers were out in the dollar market with $7bn of new bonds on Wednesday, though the biggest of the deals highlighted how price sensitive investors were in a world where some yield curves have inverted.
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The dollar SSA market has started the short week on the front foot, with a trio of trades hitting screens on Tuesday.
