Inter-American Development Bank IADB
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) priced its inaugural Kangaroo EYE bond this week. This issue was the product of more than four years of promoting the bond programme to domestic Australian investors, said Laura Fan, principal funding officer at the IADB. -
The Inter-American Development Bank closed the books on a £500m tap of its December 2023 bonds on Wednesday, finding success in a sterling market that bankers away from the deal said requires pinpoint timing from borrowers.
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Another barnstorming week for sovereign, supranational and agency bond issuance has got market participants wondering how long the lively activity can last.
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A series of modest taps at the long end of the Australian dollar curve at the end of last week suggests that what has been a quiet market for Kangaroo bonds could soon spark into life, according to SSA funding officials.
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In this round-up, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bank of China to issue a Rmb5bn Panda bond, Bank of Beijing and ING agreed to launch a JV and the Shanghai tech board published detailed information on nine IPO candidates.
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Sterling issuance may be slowing down after its record start to the year, but investor demand shows no signs of cooling — as KfW proved with a tap on Monday that was nearly double its original target size. Any “bank treasury friendly” borrowers should find healthy demand if they follow in the currency, said bankers.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes.
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Hopes of a thriving new market for securitizations by multilateral development banks hit a hole in the road in December, when the US Treasury said it disapproved of them and would seek to stop them.
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Public sector dollar issuance has had a slower start to the year than usual — in part because of super strong conditions in other currencies — but SSA bankers are confident the strength of the deals that did come this week will boost the pipeline.
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A stampede of dollar funders in the public sector market could be set to hit the euro market over the coming weeks as the euro/dollar basis swap reached levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Deals could come from issuers who are a rare sight in euros and there could even be some debuts, writes Burhan Khadbai.
