German Sovereign
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A solitary syndication from KfW broke the otherwise placid waters of the public sector debt market on Wednesday.
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A solitary syndication from KfW broke the otherwise placid waters of the public sector debt market on Wednesday.
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Hanover has become the first city to issue a green Schuldschein. The hope is that this transaction will be the first of many.
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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.
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Kommunalbanken has circulated initial price thoughts of 5bp area over mid-swaps for a no-grow $1bn three year benchmark, a level that bankers away from the trade said was 'well priced'.
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Two pieces of news this week highlight how environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is conquering the capital markets. But both carry a risk of intellectual laziness.
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KfW drew its largest ever benchmark book this week while visiting the seven year tenor, a part of the euro curve that has been red hot for issuers for several weeks and that SSA bankers still has plenty to offer borrowers next week. The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is lining up a deal for next week, although bankers are suggesting it looks at the long end.
