The Netherlands
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Westpac placed just under HK$13.4bn into the Hong Kong market across two MTNs last week — the pair of bonds are its largest ever in the currency, according to Dealogic. The notes came in a busy week for niche issuance, and bankers have posited that this move into the peripheral markets comes as a response to the global fall in yields. -
After issuing its biggest ever bond last week, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten will wait until after the highly anticipated US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings later this month before deciding what to do about its next benchmark new issue.
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Rabobank launched an additional tier one (AT1) bond with a record low coupon in the euro market this week. The Dutch bank started with price thoughts of 3.625%, but tightened by 40bp to smash through the previous record of 3.5%, set by Nordea in 2017.
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Issuance is starting to resume after the summer break; however, this week a booming public market drew away investor and issuer attention from MTNs. Despite this, a range of established SSA, FIG and corporate borrowers have slipped in, with deals across core, niche and EM currencies.
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A pair of European agencies placed taps at the long end of the Kangaroo curve this week, printing at the nine and 12 year points. Yields on these notes have fallen compared to previous taps, as the Kangaroo market feels the effects of a global bond rally.
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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.
