German Sovereign

Dexia Crédit Local scored what leads said was a good result on Thursday as it brought a trade at the upper end of its size plans and tightened pricing during another volatile day for eurozone rates. KfW was also out in euros, with a tap, although it appeared to be more of a slow burner.

Guarantor: Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia

The euro market got off to a fine start this week as a supranational rarely seen in euros appeared at five years and a mainstay of the market pulled off another successful trade. But later in the week, cracks began to show.

A pair of euro borrowers hit screens at the short end of the euro curve on Thursday, but both failed to reach full subscription.

A supranational dollar deal ran away with April’s top spot in BondMarker, outstripping the rest of the table by a good margin and clocking in as the third most highly rated deal of the year.

The Dutch State Treasury Agency will clear its interest rate swaps at the clearing arm of German derivatives bourse Eurex, it was revealed on Tuesday.

BondMarker voters scored three deals last week, including the European Financial Stability Facility’s last helping of funding for the second quarter and an arbitrage style trade by KfW. Read on to see how the deals were received.

Sixteen banks have made the most concerted effort yet at defining how to do scenario analysis on climate change — the core risk management exercise called for by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures.

A solitary syndication from KfW broke the otherwise placid waters of the public sector debt market on Wednesday.

A solitary syndication from KfW broke the otherwise placid waters of the public sector debt market on Wednesday.

Hanover has become the first city to issue a green Schuldschein. The hope is that this transaction will be the first of many.

A flattening and rising US Treasury yield curve may be sparking concerns of a slowdown for the US economy but it is having the opposite effect on the short end of the dollar market for public sector borrowers, writes Craig McGlashan.