Currencies

Australia and New Zealand launched their first syndications of their 2020-21 fiscal years on Monday.

FMO may lower its 2020 funding target when it reviews its borrowing plan after the summer, which could lead to a postponement of a planned dollar benchmark to next year. The Dutch development bank made a strong return to the issuance of subordinated debt this week ahead of a call date in December of its previous deal in the format.

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Following the sale of its third syndication of the year this week — a €3bn inflation-linked bond — France does not expect to bring any more public benchmarks in 2020.

Marex, a commodity and derivatives broker, has raised tier two capital in the Swiss franc market through a structured note, which it says is the first to combine a tier two host with an embedded structured product — in this case, exposure to the SMI, the Swiss equity market index.

Unédic came to the market for its third social bond on Thursday after making its debut in the format less than two months ago. The deal extends the French agency’s social curve out to 15 years and completes its €10bn explicitly guaranteed funding allowance for 2020.

France hit screens with a 15 year inflation-linked bond on Wednesday, raising €3bn with its first syndicated linker since 2018, capitalising on growing demand for inflation-linked products.

The New Zealand treasury has appointed the banks to lead the syndication of a May 2041 nominal bond, which is expected to take place next week.

At the end of June GlobalCapital and DZ Bank brought together some of Germany’s leading public sector bond issuers to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their capital markets activities. Four months after the crisis began to be felt in Germany, representatives of the country’s development banks and Länder have come through the initial panic and reaction stage and are now beginning to understand more fully the extent of the damage the disease has caused to the economy and just how much their day-to-day lives have changed.

The European Financial Stability Facility kicked off its third quarter funding in style as it raised 80% of its borrowing needs for the quarter flat to its sister issuer’s curve. Elsewhere in the euro market on Tuesday, Cyprus saw decent demand as it tapped its 2024s and 2040s.

France hit screens on Tuesday to announce a new long-dated inflation-linked benchmark at a time when market participants are bracing for the return of inflation due to the vast amount of monetary stimulus and spending by governments in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cigarette packaging producer Amvig Holdings has made a rapid comeback to the loan market for a HK$1.35bn ($174m) borrowing.