Crédit Agricole

Public sector borrowers are mainly keeping to the short end of the dollar curve this week, but at least one top tier issuer is understood to be considering a 10 year dollar benchmark in the next few weeks.

World Bank will find out whether what has been a resilient market for public sector dollar issuance over the summer can support a jumbo trade, after mandating for what will be the first such deal in dollars from an SSA since the spring. Swedish Export Credit Corporation is also out in the currency, going ahead despite some geopolitical and US governmental turmoil over the last few days — and more issuers are lining up to follow.

The three bookrunners of a $900m-equivalent Hong Kong dollar loan for I Squared Capital’s acquisition of Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) have invited lenders to join the syndicate at a senior level.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank on Thursday became the latest issuer to tap into a hot summer market for dollars, increasing a tap from its initial size while printing flat to its curve.

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A former FIG syndicate director at Crédit Agricole is understood to have joined Deutsche Bank, following a string of FIG syndicate moves in previous months.

Coface, the French trade credit insurer, has signed a €700m syndicated loan facility with a group of six banks.

Crédit Agricole has appointed former Barclays banker Silvia Kim as local head of global markets for its South Korean branch, according to an announcement on Friday.

Canara Bank priced a $400m five year senior bond on Thursday, marking the second dollar deal from an Indian bank in a week.

Public sector issuers are taking advantage of strong summer conditions in the dollar market to bring green and arbitrage-style deals, with more issuance expected next week.

Canara Bank is offering investors starved of paper from India’s FIG sector something to feast on, marketing a senior five year bond on Thursday.

The Asian Development Bank has picked up $1.25bn of green funding across two tranches, including its first 10 year dollar paper since January.