German Sovereign
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Rentenbank hit screens on Wednesday to announce a 10 year euro benchmark, joining a resurgence of long-dated euro supply. -
KfW returned to the euro market with a one day tap, joining France and Cyprus in the market and extending the its stellar run of new issues in euros.
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The UK’s future may be impossible to fathom as the beyond-satirical story of Brexit drags on, but public sector borrowers printing in the country’s currency can be certain that this will be a year of tumbling records, with volumes soaring and average sizes rocketing. While strong technical factors are behind much of the demand, some SSA bankers say that a willingness by issuers to treat execution in the currency like that in euros and dollars has bolstered sterling’s standing.
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KfW made a strong return to the Canadian dollar market on Thursday after 3.5 years away from the currency, as it tightened pricing on its comeback deal. The German agency came alongside a green bond in the currency from a Canadian province.
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KfW and Québec will bring Canadian dollar bonds to the market on Thursday, with the former looking to issue in the currency for the first time since 2015.
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KfW found plenty of appetite in the sterling market on Monday, allowing it to increase its target size during the book build for a tap, before printing an even larger size of £750m. FMS Wertmanagement will add to the sterling supply on Tuesday after picking banks for its second fixed rate benchmark in the currency this year.
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KfW set yet another landmark for a supranational and agency sterling market enjoying its best ever start to the year, as the German borrower drew a big book while placing the longest dated new issue of the year so far on Wednesday.
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The theme in the euro public sector market this week was large book sizes despite issuers paying very little concession, with Finland, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Madrid and the Joint Länder all keeping close to their curves.
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Italy passed a test at the long end of the curve with a final order book of over €41bn for a 30 year syndication on Wednesday — far surpassing its previous record book that was set only last month.
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KfW set yet another landmark for a supranational and agency sterling market enjoying its best ever start to the year, as the German borrower drew a big book while placing the longest dated new issue of the year so far on Wednesday.
