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Unlike its last syndication in January, when Spain lost over €75bn of orders after an aggressive move in pricing, the sovereign took a more cautious approach on its return to the public market this week to print its biggest ever 50 year bond. -
After taking an aggressive approach for its last syndication in January which resulted in a shocking loss of over €75bn of orders, Spain returned to a more moderate and conventional pricing process as it came to the market for a new 50 year bond on Tuesday.
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Snam, the Italian gas pipeline company, and Swedish ball bearing maker SKF kicked the week’s corporate bond new issuance off in Europe on Monday, with deals that offered razor-thin spreads from the start.
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Spain will lead the public sector borrowers' charge into the primary bond market this week with its second ever 50 year benchmark syndicated deal ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday.
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Telecoms firm Telefónica and utility Iberdrola showed the depth of demand for green hybrids this week, with both Spanish companies building large order books.
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Telefónica, the Spanish telecommunications company, showed the depth of demand for green hybrids on Wednesday, with a seven times oversubscribed trade that came a day after a similarly successful deal from compatriot issuer Iberdrola.
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Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, received booming demand for its green hybrid on Tuesday, as the combination of a higher yield and green debt helped books swell to €9.5bn.
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Credit Suisse has tapped a rival bank to fill a spot on its emerging markets syndicate desk in New York, GlobalCapital understands.
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Deals are lining up in Europe’s high grade corporate bond market and bankers say even Thursday's European Central Bank meeting will not put a dent in primary demand on the day.
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A book of more than €55bn for a €10bn bond priced with a new issue premium of 1bp would be a gratifying outcome for any sovereign issuer. But Wednesday's syndication for Spain instead attracted robust criticism over price moves during bookbuilding which derailed what was on course to be the biggest order book in bond market history.
