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The public sector dollar market is showing a few signs of life this week as KfW and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development picked banks for benchmarks, while the Bank of England launched its annual foray in the currency. -
The Province of Quebec is set to follow its neighbour Ontario into green bond issuance, opening books for the inaugural bond on Thursday.
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The Province of Quebec is set to follow its neighbour Ontario into green bond issuance, after hiring banks to run a roadshow for a potential deal in its home currency.
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The prospect of a far-right leader becoming president of France rocked government bond markets this week. It led to a rare pulled French agency deal and will cause the country’s banks problems with their own huge funding needs. But as other issuers in eurozone countries facing elections showed, the picture of the risks ahead is complicated. Craig McGlashan reports.
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The Asian Development Bank on Thursday hit new heights in benchmark issuance, as it sold its largest ever single tranche deal in a week that has been marked by tricky conditions.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten showed that investors in its dollar bonds are not overly concerned about an upcoming Dutch general election, as it priced a bond on Wednesday that was just $250m short of its record size in the currency. More public sector dollar supply is set for Thursday, after Asian Development Bank hired banks for a five year global benchmark.
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Panera Bread, the US chain of bakery cafes, received $200m from six lenders this week as it served up healthy financial results on Tuesday.
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Two public sector borrowers had very contrasting fortunes with no-grow three year dollar bond issues on a volatile Tuesday.
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The International Finance Corporation received over A$1bn ($761.8m) of orders for a 5.5 year Kangaroo bond on Tuesday –– a size all hoped for, but few expected.
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The International Finance Corporation is set to price a 5.5 year Kangaroo bond on Tuesday — but has already increased the minimum size of the deal by A$200m ($152.8m) in response to a wide range of interest.
