German Sovereign
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State of North Rhine-Westphalia’s third and biggest century bond built an impressive order book in terms of size and number of accounts from a diverse range of investors this week, proving this niche part of the curve is increasingly popular with buyers. -
Public sector borrowers soaked up huge demand in the euro market on Tuesday including the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, which printed its biggest ever 100 year bond despite offering a yield of less than 1%.
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KfW and Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) achieved strong results in sterling on Tuesday despite extremely volatile conditions in the currency as a result of uncertainty around the impact of Brexit and the rising cases of coronavirus in the UK, which has affected swap spreads and the cross-currency basis swap for non-UK borrowers.
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The European Investment Bank became the first borrower to tap the sterling market in 2021 on Monday, while KfW is set to follow on Tuesday. While the opening deal went well, the issuers had to contend with some sharp volatility.
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Public sector borrowers wasted no time in getting back to business in the euro market in 2021 with one live deal and four mandates all hitting screens on Monday as issuers look to take advantage of an almost full trading week and a supportive market to make a dent in their brand new funding programmes.
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The MTN market has had a tough year, as central bank support programmes and rampant public market issuance ate away at the volume done in private markets. Most notable was the 42% decline in bank issuance, which made up the majority of the year’s fall in MTN volume.
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FMS Wertmanagement, the Germany’s winding-up institution for the nationalised Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, will need to borrow a much smaller sum from public bond markets next year as a result of an increase in direct long-term euro funding from Germany’s Financial Market Stabilisation Fund (SoFFin).
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Germany is looking to issue more syndicated deals and green bonds next year to finance an even bigger funding programme as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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KfW plans on extending its euro benchmark bond curve by adding a new 15 year line in 2021 in response to increasing demand from investors for longer tenors.
