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Gazprom seeks to explore Switzerland with Russia’s first Eurobond this year

Bloomberg Gazprom PJSC, the world’s largest natural-gas producer, is tapping the Swiss capital markets with the first foreign benchmark bond sale from Russia this year. The state-run gas monopoly is offering 500 million Swiss francs ($505 million) of notes due Nov. 30, 2018 with a coupon of 3.375 percent, according to a person familiar with the deal who asked not ...

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Germany’s bonds underperform as it sells 10-yr securities

Bloomberg Germany’s government bonds underperformed their higher-yielding euro-area peers as the nation sold 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) of 10-year debt. Italy’s sovereign bonds advanced, along with most major euro-region securities, while German 10-year bunds were little changed. The yield on Europe’s benchmark securities has climbed about seven basis points since the day before the European Central Bank’s policy decision ...

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Deutsche Boerse agrees to buy LSE to create European titan

Bloomberg Deutsche Boerse AG succeeded in its third attempt to acquire London Stock Exchange Group Plc. The deal would create a titan of European trading as long as regulators give it their blessing and rival suitors don’t scupper the agreement. While the companies declared it a merger of equals, Deutsche Boerse stockholders will get 54.4 percent of the enlarged group ...

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