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Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) is set to become the fourth IPO on the Cambodian Stock Exchange after gaining regulatory approval to list.

With spring finally arriving in London, public sector bankers were warming up for an expected burst of dollar issuance as the second quarter kicks in next week — with a full rainbow of maturities available for the first time since the summer, writes Craig McGlashan.

The International Finance Corporation proved that there is demand for the tightest of issuers at the 10 year part of the dollar curve, after it printed a $700m April 2026 global green bond on Wednesday.

The International Finance Corporation placed on Wednesday the first ever bond denominated in Namibian dollars from an issuer outside the country.

Issuers have nipped into the euro market after Easter with some canny deals. Meanwhile the dollar market was watching US Federal Reserve chairperson, Janet Yellen, who on Tuesday said that the possibility of further rate hikes was “not a plan set in stone”.

The International Finance Corporation is set to extend its green — and conventional — curve with its first 10 year dollar syndication for over 20 years, in what bankers suggest will be the strongest indicator so far for the level of demand returning to the tenor.

The International Finance Corporation sold on Wednesday the longest-dated Masala bond ever. The supranational also believes other issuers could be about to enter the market.

We examine the progress a number of supranationals have made in reaching their funding targets for the year in this week's funding scorecard.

Japanese retail investors will, for the first time, have the chance to invest in the International Finance Corporation's Masala programme after the supranational launched on Tuesday its first Masala Uridashi.

Two new working groups of the Green Bond Principles will begin work next week, on defining greenness and on impact reporting. The move is part of the green bond market’s effort to define itself more clearly, partly in the hope that governments might ultimately subsidise it.

Despite the currency tanking against the dollar in 2015, investment in Brazilian real denominated medium term notes remains healthy.

Despite the currency tanking against the dollar in 2015, investment in Brazilian real denominated medium term notes is at a healthy level.