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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed the issuance of the first climate bond in the Philippines, providing a partial guarantee to AboitizPower Corp’s notes. -
KfW this week printed its widest five year KfW dollar benchmark since 2009 as negative swap spreads took their toll on pricing despite an improving macroeconomic backdrop.
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Nordic Investment Bank has printed the second dollar benchmark from an SSA this week, as issuers contend with the effects on pricing of negative swap spreads.
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A window for sovereign, supranational and agency issuance opened after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, with deals likely to get done before the inevitable slowdown accompanying the start of the Chinese new year on February 8.
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Asian Development Bank was first out of the blocks in dollars after issuance in the currency stopped for a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday.
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The Nordic Investment Bank added to a busy week in sterling on Friday by printing a £200m March 2019 bond.
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While markets have been badly affected by a mixture of worrying economic data from China, falling commodity prices and a continued slump in many emerging markets, the SSA market looks solid.
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China Water Affairs has allocated its latest loan of $200m, doubling the deal size after a score of lenders formed the syndicate.
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Supranational and agency borrowers have long anticipated a wave of demand from American investors as US government sponsored enterprise issuance dwindles. But this week there were concrete signs that the dollar bond market has shaken off the problems that prevented the big switch. Craig McGlashan reports.
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The Inter-American Development Bank is the latest issuer to enter a red hot dollar market, after KommuneKredit and the Asian Development Bank raised money on Wednesday.
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Last year’s difficult dollar conditions looked firmly in the past on Tuesday as a pair of issuers tapped different parts of the curve for big deals — and other issuers readied themselves for trades.
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A $200m loan for China Water Affairs Group has been launched, with the Asian Development Bank providing half the fundraising and the remainder to come from lenders in syndication.
