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The International Finance Corporation has sold a $30m June 2046 linear callable zero note, in response to a series of enquiries for the product.

Read on to see how far selected supranationals have progressed with their funding for the year.

The International Finance Corp and ADM Capital have launched a new $100m fund that will be used to syndicate loans to cash strapped small and medium sized companies in Asia, which have found themselves locked out of debt markets. While the venture wants to be a safety net for SMEs, the market will take some convincing, writes John Loh.

IFC and ADM Capital have launched a new platform that aims to syndicate lending to sound but financially stressed companies in Asia, filling a gap in lending to small and medium-sized enterprises.

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.