Currencies
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Kommunalbanken increased an Australian dollar bond tap on Thursday, as the reopened 4.25% July 2025 line enticed Asian central banks. -
Hiag Immobilien, the Swiss property developer, reopened the Swiss franc bond market on Wednesday after three weeks without a new issue. The market's drought has allowed Swiss property firms an easy ride in bond markets in 2017.
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Volvofinansbank today announced it would meet investors in Stockholm on Monday May 8 to present a framework for its inaugural green bond. The deal will be one of the few green bonds from the automotive sector.
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The Greek government wants to return to the bond markets this year as soon as its latest round of bail-out negotiations ends — something that moved a step forward this week after the country agreed a deal with its creditors on a range of fiscal and structural reforms. But one look at where its outstanding debt is trading should make the government think twice before rushing back to the capital markets.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has tapped a 10 year Australian dollar bond twice in a week, raising A$155m ($116.7m) from central Asian and Japanese investors.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank tapped a 24 year line for €250m on Tuesday.
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Barclays’ global banking business saw a strong start to the year, but without the huge percentage increases seen at its peers. It’s the comparison quarter that made the difference — Barclays was stronger in the turbulent first quarter last year than many other investment banks.
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Emmanuel Macron’s topping of the first round of the French presidential election last weekend drove the best euro funding conditions for months. Public sector borrowers duly piled into the primary market. With more political risk ahead, many are racing to be 75% done for the year by summer, writes Craig McGlashan.
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Last week's sole benchmark, a KfW outing in five year euros, impressed the GC BondMarker voters, who awarded it high grades in all categories. But how did it compare with KfW's other offerings this year?
