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• China's Agbank to issue up to 90 bln yuan in regulatory capital bonds Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 5:54 AM ET

  HONG KONG, April 26- Agricultural Bank of China Ltd will issue up to 90 billion yuan of bonds that are eligible for regulatory capital treatment, the bank said in a statement on Friday. Up to 40 billion yuan of the bonds will be eligible for Tier 1 capital treatment, with the remainder eligible for Tier 2 under China's new capital rules.

• Update-Moody's assigns provisional ratings to Fondo de Titulizacion del deficit del sistema electrico, FTA notes (FADE) Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 5:21 AM ET

  Fondo de Titulizacion del deficit del sistema electrico, FTA:.

• UPDATE 1-BBVA to sell first CRR-compliant Tier 1 bond Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 5:20 AM ET

  LONDON, April 26- BBVA is poised to be the first European bank to sell Additional Tier 1 bond securities that comply with the region's new Capital Requirements Regulation, possibly kick-starting a slew of deals heard to be in the pipeline to bolster bank capital ratios.

• U.S. stock index futures fall, focus on GDP data Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 5:07 AM ET

  LONDON, April 26- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100.

• RPT-Fitch assigns NC KMG's USD3bn notes 'BBB' final rating Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 5:06 AM ET

  Fitch Ratings has assigned JSC National Company KazMunayGas's 4.4% USD1bn notes due in 2023 and 5.75% USD2bn notes due in 2043 final foreign currency senior unsecured' BBB' ratings. Wholly state-owned NC KMG is a holding company for Kazakhstan's interests in the oil& gas sector, and its ratings are notched down from the sovereign's.

• Fitch Assigns NC KMG's USD3bn Notes 'BBB' Final Rating Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 4:58 AM ET

  LONDON/ MOSCOW, April 26 Fitch Ratings has assigned JSC National Company KazMunayGas's 4.4% USD1bn notes due in 2023 and 5.75% USD2bn notes due in 2043 final foreign currency senior unsecured' BBB' ratings. Wholly state-owned NC KMG is a holding company for Kazakhstan's interests in the oil& gas sector, and its ratings are notched down from the sovereign's.

• RPT-Fitch monitoring Ooredoo and Etisalat's offers to acquire Vivendi's 53% stake in Maroc Telecom Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 4:49 AM ET

  Fitch Ratings is monitoring the development of Qatar Telecom Q.S.C and Emirates Telecommunications Corporation's offers to acquire Vivendi SA's 53% shareholding in Maroc Telecom Group. The UAE own 60.03% of Etisalat and the State of Qatar directly and indirectly holds 68% ownership of Ooredoo.

• Fitch Monitoring Ooredoo and Etisalat's Offers to Acquire Vivendi's 53% Stake in Maroc Telecom Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 4:39 AM ET

  DUBAI/ LONDON, April 26 Fitch Ratings is monitoring the development of Qatar Telecom Q.S.C and Emirates Telecommunications Corporation's offers to acquire Vivendi SA's 53% shareholding in Maroc Telecom Group. The UAE own 60.03% of Etisalat and the State of Qatar directly and indirectly holds 68% ownership of Ooredoo.

• RPT-Fitch rates Fidelity's upcoming notes 'B(EXP)'/'RR4(EXP)' Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 4:24 AM ET

  Fitch Ratings has assigned Fidelity Bank Plc's upcoming issue of senior unsecured notes an expected Long-term foreign currency rating of' B' and a Recovery Rating of' RR4'. The issue's total amount and final maturity are yet to be determined. The recovery rating for the issue is in accordance with Fitch's soft cap for Nigeria.

• Fitch Rates Fidelity's Upcoming Notes 'B(EXP)'/'RR4(EXP)' Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 4:20 AM ET

  LONDON, April 26 Fitch Ratings has assigned Fidelity Bank Plc's upcoming issue of senior unsecured notes an expected Long-term foreign currency rating of' B' and a Recovery Rating of' RR4'. The issue's total amount and final maturity are yet to be determined. The recovery rating for the issue is in accordance with Fitch's soft cap for Nigeria.

• JGBs mostly lower, with next week's 10-yr sale in focus Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 3:33 AM ET

  TOKYO, April 26- Japanese government bond prices were mostly lower on Friday, as investors looked ahead to a 10- year debt offering during the holiday-shortened week ahead. Even if they only get 1 percent, that would be a good result, "said Neale Vincent, strategist at Nomura Securities in Tokyo.

• BBVA plans Additional Tier 1 bond -source Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 3:07 AM ET

  By Aimee Donnellan and Josie Cox. LONDON, April 26- BBVA has hired BBVA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and UBS as joint bookrunners for a perpetual Additional Tier 1 security, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

• Turkish c.bank to hold 500 mln lira one-month repo auction Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 3:06 AM ET

  ISTANBUL, April 26- Turkey's central bank will hold a one-month repo auction on Friday, maturing on May 24, with a volume of 500 million lira, bank data showed. The bank also said it will hold a one-week repo auction with a volume of 4 billion lira, maturing on May 3.

• TREASURIES-U.S. bonds gain as GDP, sentiment data awaited Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 2:37 AM ET

  TOKYO, April 26- U.S. 10- year Treasuries gained in Asian trading on Friday as regional stocks pared gains, with investors awaiting U.S. growth data as well as a final sentiment report. *Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan will release the final measure of consumer sentiment for April.

• European stock index futures signal lower open Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 2:03 AM ET

  At 0601 GMT, futures for the Euro STOXX 50, UK's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and France's CAC were 0.1 to 0.4 percent lower.

• Thai c.bank, govt to meet on baht as factory output flat Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 1:33 AM ET

  BANGKOK, April 26- Thailand's finance minister will meet the central bank governor on Friday to push for a cut in interest rates to deter inflows that have pushed the baht to a 16- year high, although the currency has dipped this week because of intervention fears.

• RESEARCH ALERT-ETFS Leveraged Platinum: KBW raises target price Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 1:25 AM ET

  *KBW raises target price to $36 from $35. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.

• Fitch Rates Yingde's Proposed Notes 'BB(EXP)' Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 12:50 AM ET

  HONG KONG, April 25 Fitch Ratings has assigned China- based Yingde Gases Group Company Limited's proposed USD senior unsecured notes an expected rating of' BB'. The notes are to be issued as a tap to the USD300m 8.125% bonds due 2018 issued in April 2013, with the same terms and conditions.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar falls against the yen; bond yields decline Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 12:40 AM ET

  *Bank of Japan confirms commitment to bold policy. NEW YORK, April 26- The U.S. dollar tumbled against the yen on Friday after the Bank of Japan left its monetary policy unchanged, while benchmark U.S. bond yields fell to near 4-1/ 2- month lows after the U.S. economy grew less than expected in the first quarter.

• Fitch Rates AES' $500MM Senior Unsecured Notes 'BB'; Outlook Stable Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 12:10 AM ET

  NEW YORK, April 26 Fitch Ratings has assigned a' BB' rating to The AES Corporation's $500 million of senior unsecured notes due May 15, 2023.