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• Land NRW and IFFIm print size in dollars amid fiery conditions

  

  The State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the International Finance Facility for Immunisation attracted impressive demand in the dollar market on Wednesday, allowing them to print big deals in the currency.

  • 14 Apr 2021

• Verizon caps funding campaign with niche currency salvo

  Verizon Communications, the US telecoms group, embarked on an almost $3bn niche currency bond issuing spree this week, which included the largest foreign Swiss franc bond since early 2018.

  • 17 Mar 2021

• Anglo Pacific doubles revolver to fund its largest acquisition

  Anglo Pacific Group, the London-listed mining royalty company, has doubled its revolving credit facility as it takes on more debt to part-fund its $205m acquisition of a new cobalt stream in Canada.

  • 12 Mar 2021

• Lancashire prints debut subordinated bond

  Lancashire Holdings issued its first subordinated bond this week, a Reg S dollar tier two. There has been a near complete absence of insurance capital trades from the euro and dollar markets so far this year, but bankers are confident that more will follow.

  • 11 Mar 2021

• KfW re-opens five year euro SSA market as Baden-Württemberg prints green debut

  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.

  • 02 Mar 2021

• SSA quartet hit screens ahead of EU SURE mandate

  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.

  • 01 Mar 2021

• World Bank opens Maple market with five year

  World Bank sold a Canadian dollar benchmark on Tuesday, raising C$1.5bn ($1.2bn) with a January 2026 line.

  • 05 Jan 2021

• NWB and Kommuninvest line up for dollars

  Nederlandse Waterschapsbank and Kommuninvest will both take to the dollar market this week, sneaking in ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays.

  • 23 Nov 2020

• BNG USD1bn 0.5% Nov 25

  • 19 Nov 2020

• SSAs up deal sizes thanks to extra demand.

  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development landed $1.5bn of five year paper on Wednesday — $500m more than it was originally targeting, thanks to stronger than anticipated demand.

  • 18 Nov 2020