The Netherlands
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Shares in Adyen, the Dutch payments technology company, were eagerly taken up by investors during a €309m block trade on Thursday evening sold by its founders.
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SNCF Réseau steamed ahead with a new century bond issue this week, its second and largest deal to date, amid declining rates that has seen more and more investors take a risk at the ultra-long end in return for yield pick-up.
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Swiss firm responsAbility Investments has closed a $175m microfinance CLO via JP Morgan, revitalising an industry which last saw issuance before the financial crisis.
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Emerging market consumer finance company Home Credit filed its draft prospectus in Hong Kong on Monday, setting its $1bn-plus IPO in motion, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Last week’s tightly priced bond issue by KfW has inspired a slew of issuers to print three year dollar notes this week, a banker said. The Asian Development Bank was first off the blocks on Tuesday with a new benchmark, and Export Development Canada and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt are set to follow.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten printed ultra long paper this week, locking in low yields for the issuer but leaving buyers exposed to big price moves on any rate rise.
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A pair of emerging market banks placed MTNs this week. In Australian dollars, Banco del Estado de Chile printed a 10 year note on Tuesday, while on Monday, Qatar National bank placed short end dollar paper.
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Issuance in Swedish kronor picked up this week, with three corporate issuers placing Skr6.28bn ($667.9m) across four private placements, as issuers looked to get in ahead of the midsummer break. In euros, a Dutch and French agency both placed paper, while protests in Hong Kong caused yields to spike in offshore Chinese renminbi and Hong Kong dollars.
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A group of pre-IPO shareholders in Adyen, the Dutch payments company, have sold €311.8m of stock in response to reverse enquiries from investors. The Slovenian government also took advantage of the momentum in the blocks market to sell another 10% of NLB, the country’s largest bank.
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Aegon Bank and Banco BPM each hit the euro market on Friday and launched €500m of debt in senior formats, following a week of prosperous conditions and successful deals.
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Rabobank attracted good demand for a dual €2bn eight year and 20 year covered bond offering on Thursday, even though the deal was issued at the tail-end of a busy week and competed for investors’ attention in euros with Coventry Building Society and Všeobecná úverová banka (VUB).
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Inalfa Roof Systems Group, a Netherlands-based car roof system supplier owned by Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts, is tapping Asian liquidity for a €200m loan.