Germany
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Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.
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World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.
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The bank that issued the first jumbo Pfandbrief, a transaction that sparked a transformation of the covered bond market from its parochial German roots into a globally renowned asset class, has finally been wound down.
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China's central bank and finance ministry are set to reach an agreement over accounting rules for Panda bond issuers, according to a senior figure at the bank. -
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could add its name to the growing list of public sector green bond issuers, according to its president, as a more seasoned issuer brought its longest dated bond in the format.
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s latest warnings on Brexit may have dominated market attention this week, but the Bank also put major central clearing houses in its crosshairs with a call for global stress testing to stop them becoming ‘too big to fail’.
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DG Hyp and Deutsche Hypo launched the only two benchmark covered bonds of the week, and though both deals were priced tightly, they attracted a lot of demand.
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Deutsche Bank made an encouraging return to the euro tier two market on Thursday, but the hefty spread on offer suggested investors were still a little wary about the credit.
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L-Bank printed a five year deal on Monday as the sterling market kept up solid momentum from last week.
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KfW built a more than 2.5 times subscribed book on Thursday for its longest dated green bond ever, drawing praise despite tightening pricing by more basis points than is typical for the issuer.
