Asian Development Bank ADB
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes at the beginning of December, with some issuers also setting their funding targets for 2020. -
This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes at the middle of October.
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Asian Development Bank came tight to its curve as it printed its second euro green bond this week — and its largest — following its debut last year.
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Investors pounced on the opportunity to buy a bond with a positive yield in the euro market by KfW on Tuesday. Elsewhere, the Asian Development Bank drew strong demand to sell its biggest ever green bond in euros following its debut in 2018.
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The euro SSA market kicked off this week with KfW targeting the long end and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) hitting screens for a 10 year euro green bond — its third syndicated bond in as many currencies in just a few days.
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The sterling SSA green bond market is going from strength to strength, buoyed by new legislation requiring pension funds to disclose their environmental, social and governance strategies.
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Asian Development Bank hit the market twice on Thursday, grabbing $3bn of five year paper and selling its debut green bond — a £250m seven year trade.
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Two supranationals are on screens for ESG firsts. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its first green transition bond, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing its first foray into the green bond market in sterling, capitalising on strong appetite from UK pension funds.
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KfW and the Asian Development Bank won huge praise from SSA bankers with rare 10 year dollar trades this week. The former issued the largest ever dollar green from a public sector borrower.
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SSA issuers turned towards niche currencies this week to meet a range of demand across the Australian and Canadian dollar curves. KfW and the Asian Development Bank started the week printing in Australian dollars, before the World Bank joined them in the currency while also returning to the Maple market.
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A trio of supranationals harnessed a lack of sterling supply to reopen the market this week. The World Bank brought the first fixed rate supranational deal since August, while the Asian Development Bank and European Investment Bank both reopened Sonia-linked notes.
