Australian dollar

Kommunalbanken on Tuesday became the first issuer to tap the Kauri market since February. The Nordic agency responded to reverse enquiries, tapping an eight year bond at an after-swap pricing level that was a little over its dollar curve.

Bumi Serpong Damai and ICBC Sydney jumped into the debt market on Tuesday, capitalising on the positive market sentiment following the French presidential election.

Kommunalbanken increased an Australian dollar bond tap on Thursday, as the reopened 4.25% July 2025 line enticed Asian central banks, while Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten tapped a 10 year Australian dollar bond twice in a week, raising A$155m ($116.7m) from Asian investors.

Kommunalbanken increased an Australian dollar bond tap on Thursday, as the reopened 4.25% July 2025 line enticed Asian central banks.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has tapped a 10 year Australian dollar bond twice in a week, raising A$155m ($116.7m) from central Asian and Japanese investors.

Rentenbank added a A$100m ($75.6m) tap to its March 2027 Australian dollar bonds on Monday, a line it has tapped frequently since opening it in September.

KfW tapped a four year Australian dollar bond on Thursday, after raising €5bn in the euro market the day before.

Wells Fargo brushed off heightened political tension in France and Korea on Wednesday, offering a triple-tranche bond to a hungry Australian dollar bond market.

Wells Fargo is expected to sell on Wednesday a dual tranche deal in Australian dollars — a rare offering from a well-known name.

Bank of China hit Asia's debt market hard on Tuesday, unleashing a huge deal spanning four currencies and six tranches. The $3.1bn-equivalent deal was designed to make a statement to the market that it should not forget China’s Belt and Road initiative, DCM bankers said. Morgan Davis and Addison Gong report.

Bank of China launched its multi-currency, multi-tranche transaction on Tuesday morning, as Citic Securities also opened books for two tranches of dollar notes.

Bank of China, CCB Life Insurance and Citic Securities kicked off investor meetings and calls this week, in pursuit of Reg S deals.