Belgium
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European finance ministers are unlikely to reach a deal on clearing house (CCP) resolution when they meet on December 5, despite commitment from Estonia — which chairs the debate — to close an agreement by year's end. -
NGA UK, the provider of human resources software, launched a €300m loan on Wednesday, which it will be hoping appeals to CLO managers that have been eager for new money deals.
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Ablynx, the Belgian biopharmaceutical firm, has raised $200m through a second listing in the US, following positive momentum in the development of a new drug designed to combat a life-threatening blood clotting disorder.
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KBC Bank took full advantage of limited Belgian covered bond supply this year to radically tighten pricing for its first deal of the year, only the second Pandbrieven of 2017.
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Last week's crop of benchmarks have been subjected to the scrutiny of the BondMarker voters and, on the whole, they were pretty impressed.
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On Thursday, Belgian gas transmission system operator, Fluxys, successfully priced both sub-benchmark tranches of its latest corporate bond deal it had set out to sell when it met with investors earlier in the week. The 10 year tenor was the company’s primary aim, but it was also willing to explore reverse enquiry for a 15 year tenor.
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It was a week of blistering conditions in the SSA dollar market but the pace of issuance has slowed a little in comparison to the glut that defined the few weeks of September.
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Two more public sector borrowers brought strong trades to finish a bumper week of dollar deals, both printing $1.5bn of short end dollar paper.
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On Thursday, Belgian gas transmission system operator, Fluxys, successfully priced both sub-benchmark tranches of its latest corporate bond deal it had set out to sell when it met with investors earlier in the week. The 10 year tenor was the company’s primary aim, but it was also willing to explore reverse enquiry for a 15 year tenor.
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The European Banking Association (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published guidelines this week for how financial institutions should make their management suites more diverse — but have declined to lead by example.
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A glut of short end dollar issuance this week is set to ramp up on Thursday, after a pair of rare names in the currency mandated on Wednesday. The trades will follow a strong showing from Finnvera after the Finnish agency — also an uncommon name in dollars — printed its largest ever trade in the currency.
