ESM-EFSF
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress European supranationals and agencies have made at the start of the second quarter.
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The GC BondMarker scores for last week's benchmarks have been counted and market participants have deemed the European Financial Stability Facility's return to the long end a success.
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The dollar market is enjoying its widest swap spreads of the year, prompting three borrowers to launch bonds in the currency on Wednesday.
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The European Financial Stability Facility has launched a dual tranche, picking up a combined €5bn and putting to rest any concerns over its ability to pick up long dated funding.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) will kick off its second quarter funding programme with a dual tranche. The deal hits screens as the European Central Bank cuts its asset purchase programme from €80bn per month to €60bn per month.
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CPPIB Capital is looking to step across the Atlantic into euros, selecting four banks to roadshow its euro debut. Elsewhere, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) sent out its first request for proposals for the second quarter.
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With a quiet market, a deal from Monday struggling in secondaries and the UK triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, one could be forgiven for thinking that conditions for public sector borrowers are grim this week, but SSA bankers claimed otherwise.
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The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) are preparing for their heaviest quarterly funding target for three years.
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Market participants have declared a pair of supranational deals to be top banana in this week's GC BondMarker voting.
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European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi struck an unusually cheerful note at Thursday’s press conference, leaving a relaxed market for SSA bond issuers.