Currencies
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) priced its inaugural Kangaroo EYE bond this week. This issue was the product of more than four years of promoting the bond programme to domestic Australian investors, said Laura Fan, principal funding officer at the IADB. -
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) has cut its total funding requirement for the year.
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Commerzbank analysts had been expecting a “very constructive market” in Swiss francs this week, bolstered by supportive cross-currency swaps and an uptick in the secondary market. It is questionable, however, if anybody foresaw the explosion of volume on Tuesday, when more than Sfr1bn ($997m) of new issuance had been priced by early afternoon.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten became the latest public sector borrower to hit the long end of the euro curve on Wednesday and found strong demand, which allowed it to increase the bond.
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CPI Property Group returned to the bond market on Tuesday, raising €550m with a hybrid callable in October 2025.
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The Basque Government was able to tighten pricing by 5bp from initial price thoughts as it received soaring demand for its 10 year sustainable bond on Tuesday — its biggest public issue since 2009.
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The Netherlands will sell its first green bond next month, via Dutch Direct Auction (DDA), with a maturity of 20 years, as it looks to become the first triple-A sovereign to print green paper.
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The African Development Bank’s inaugural Norwegian krone bond, the first ever social bond in the Norwegian market, could pave the way for further social issuance in the sector.
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KfW extended its syndicated euro curve to 2039 on Monday as it brought a new 20 year line that was priced flat to fair value.
