Canada
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Rentenbank joined the rush for dollars on Wednesday as Inter-American Development Bank and British Columbia set pricing on deals announced the previous day. -
KommuneKredit grabbed the first chance of the week to print five year dollars while other public sector issuers are set on 10 year deals.
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There was a steady stream of sterling deals in the supranational and agency market this week, amid confidence that volumes will keep up until the UK’s referendum on European Union membership is imminent.
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Long dated dollar issuance could be set for a return in the coming weeks, after minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s rate meeting in April — released on Wednesday night — showed a more hawkish sentiment than the market was expecting.
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Export Development Canada is set to join what one SSA banker described as a “ridiculous” dollar market, where issuers are selling in big size and with little or no new issue premiums.
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Export Development Canada sold its largest bond in sterling in over two years on Wednesday as investor appetite for the currency showed little sign of abating.
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Crédit Agricole CIB said on Tuesday that it had received approval for a branch in Canada.
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Export Development Canada is to print a long four year sterling bond as demand for paper in the currency defied fears of a possible UK's exit from the European Union.
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The Singapore dollar bond market’s recent resurgence of private bank demand has prompted a slew of subordinated debt issuance with Manulife Financial Corp launching a rare insurance tier two and Mapletree Logistics Trust opting for a perp non call five and a half on Monday.
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The Province of Quebec has returned to the medium term note market after a long absence, printing in Hong Kong dollars.
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After a bumper two weeks, issuance in dollars slowed down this week in anticipation of the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting on April 26-27.
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