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Multilateral development banks will focus more on providing credit enhancement and support to help small, emerging market borrowers bring their green bonds to market, according to the head of climate change at the European Investment Bank. Meanwhile, a French region visited the green market on Tuesday. -
Municipality Finance is set to follow the European Investment Bank into the five year part of the dollar curve, as a slight tightening in swap spreads failed to deter issuer and investor sentiment for bonds in the currency.
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The European Investment Bank is out with its second five year dollar benchmark of the year, kicking off issuance in what is likely to be the last busy week for dollars before a crucial Federal Reserve meeting next week.
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After weeks wracked by political turbulence, the euro market has finally been able to enjoy a clean run with supportive conditions.
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The European Investment Bank launched a €5bn seven year benchmark on Wednesday, pulling in what two SSA syndicate bankers said is one of the largest books ever for an Earn transaction.
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Market participants have grown used to US president Donald Trump’s ability to shift markets and induce volatility with only 140 characters, but Tuesday’s address to Congress appears to have been digested without spoiling the mood in SSAs.
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The European Investment Bank is set to tackle the seven year part of the euro curve on Wednesday, an area that has had no issuance from SSAs since early February.
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The scores have been collated. See how market participants rated Belgium’s €6bnn dual tranche, EFSF’s €1.5bn 26 year, Finland’s €4.5bn note and the two dollar deals from BNG and EIB.
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The prospect of a far-right leader becoming president of France rocked government bond markets this week. It led to a rare pulled French agency deal and will cause the country’s banks problems with their own huge funding needs. But as other issuers in eurozone countries facing elections showed, the picture of the risks ahead is complicated. Craig McGlashan reports.
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Political volatility in France has buffeted the euro market this week, leaving some public sector issuers floundering as government yield curves spiked. Other issuers have had no such troubles though, thriving amid the turmoil.
