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Westpac looked to the sterling market for a seven year senior deal on Monday, as the number of redemptions in the UK currency swells towards the end of the year.
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The UK Debt Management Office has updated its fundraising programme for the first three months of 2016 and will tap the ultra-long end for its final syndication. -
FIG bankers rejoiced this week as two markets that have been much maligned this year — insurance capital and sterling senior — showed enduring appeal just in time for a year end funding grab.
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The UK printed on Tuesday a tap of its 0.125% index-linked Gilt maturing March 2046. The note was sold at the tightest spread to the benchmark since it was first syndicated.
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The UK Debt Management Office has raised £8bn in two days this week after a £3.75bn auction of its 1.5% Gilt maturing 2021. KfW was also in the market as other currencies lay dormant ahead of the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday.
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Nestlé made a grab for sterling on Tuesday, issuing a five year benchmark bond in the currency that brought in orders from outside the UK.
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Entertainment One, the UK media company, plans to sell its first bond, £285m of secured notes, after a five day roadshow that ends on Friday.
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A debt capital markets banker at Morgan Stanley has left to join Mizuho International, GlobalCapital understands.
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange plans to launch options on the FTSE 100 and FTSE China 50 indices before the end of the year.
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The UK printed a tap of its 0.125% index-linked gilt maturing March 2046 at the tightest spread to the benchmark since it was launched.
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UK banks are well enough capitalised to survive a prolonged global downturn, their supervisor announced on Tuesday morning.
