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US retail investors have been piling in orders for the International Finance Corporation’s green bonds this week after it offered the notes for the first time through its US retail channel. Meanwhile, it has mandated banks for a London-listed offshore renminbi bond set to be priced next week.

International Finance Corporation has mandated three banks for an offshore renminbi bond expected to be priced next week. The announcement came as World Bank priced a one year offshore renminbi bond listed in Luxembourg.

International Finance Corporation is adding green bonds to its US retail channel, allowing US retail investors to buy IFC green bonds for the first time.

Read on to find out how far along with their annual funding targets selected supranationals are this week.

The International Finance Corporation has sold the first green bond in the Peruvian market by an international issuer, SSA Markets understands.

Banco Espírito Santo reported a €3.6bn loss this week, but the Portuguese soveriegn looks safe from contagion. Its $4.5bn October 2024 from four weeks ago has tightened versus swaps since pricing.

The International Finance Corporation created the largest London-listed Renminbi bond on Friday with a Rmb750m ($121.5m) increase of a January 2017 note.

This week's scorecard features updates on the funding programmes of some of the major supranational borrowers. Read on to see which issuer is almost 40% done already, having begun a new funding programme on July 1.

Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.

The International Finance Corporation made a quick start to its funding year on Wednesday, tapping the dollar market for a five year benchmark just a day after beginning its new funding programme.

International Finance Corporation has wasted no time in kicking off its 2014-2015 funding programme. It mandated banks to run a long five year global syndication on Tuesday afternoon — the first day of its new fiscal year.

This week's scorecard features the funding programmes of some of the major supranational borrowers, as the International Finance Corporation and World Bank complete their funding programmes and begin prefunding for the next fiscal year.