Currencies
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Grid operator Transpower New Zealand returned to the Swissie market this week, landing through its outstanding curve while offering a small premium over Swissgrid. -
Alpha Bank priced a new tier two in line with its initial marketing range on Thursday, after failing to build up much momentum through the order book.
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Italy took orders of over €80bn for its first green BTP on Wednesday to become the latest sovereign to enter the green bond market. Germany was also in market, raising €3bn with its first 15 year deal via auction.
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KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, March 1. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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Four public sector borrowers announced new deals in the primary market on Monday ahead of the European Union’s much anticipated second transaction from its Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency programme this year, which is expected to arrive later in the week.
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Svenska Handelsbanken returned to the Kangaroo market this week to print a five year preferred senior deal at a decade tight level, as the long-term absence of funding from the Aussie market's major domestic banks drives down senior spreads.
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Handelsbanken is set to return to the Australian dollar market for the first time in nearly two years this week, as Aussie dollar senior paper rallies thanks to the long term absence of funding from the market's major domestic banks.
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Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) took a three-pronged approach to its deal on Tuesday, raising nearly $1bn across two dollar bonds and one Hong Kong dollar tranche. The bank was able to squeeze the spread on its notes to new lows, riding on the strong secondary market performance of deals from the big Chinese banks.
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BNP Paribas and UBS opened the offshore Australian dollar FIG market for 2021 this week, with a pair of new senior deals.
