KfW
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MTN issuance out of Asia and Sweden provided some of the week’s bright spots in what was otherwise a quiet start to the year. With the public market now in full swing, bankers expect the private placement market to get up to speed in the coming weeks. -
Public sector borrowers soaked up huge demand in the euro market on Tuesday including the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, which printed its biggest ever 100 year bond despite offering a yield of less than 1%.
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KfW and Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) achieved strong results in sterling on Tuesday despite extremely volatile conditions in the currency as a result of uncertainty around the impact of Brexit and the rising cases of coronavirus in the UK, which has affected swap spreads and the cross-currency basis swap for non-UK borrowers.
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The European Investment Bank became the first borrower to tap the sterling market in 2021 on Monday, while KfW is set to follow on Tuesday. While the opening deal went well, the issuers had to contend with some sharp volatility.
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The V20 group of finance ministers from countries especially vulnerable to climate change has prepared a Climate Prosperity Plan — analogous to a green new deal — which it hopes will help member countries devise 10 year investment plans to recover from Covid-19 while becoming more climate-resilient.
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KfW plans on extending its euro benchmark bond curve by adding a new 15 year line in 2021 in response to increasing demand from investors for longer tenors.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress Europe's supranationals and agencies have made in their funding programmes as we approach the end of 2020, with most issuers also setting their funding targets for 2021.
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Travel company Tui announced its third bailout package since March on Wednesday, adding a substantial equity cheque to more state-backed debt, as troubled companies shift their focus from emergency cash to stable capital structures. A sharp rally in the company’s shares helped firm up the rescue package, but some questioned whether the new money will be enough.
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Intesa Sanpaolo paid a visit to the MTN market this week to print a rare, privately placed tier two deal in euros.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress of Europe's supranationals and agencies in mid-November. Joining the scorecard this week is the European Union, which launched its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) programme in October.
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A number of MTN investors are waiting for the result of the US election before committing themselves to the market, meaning next week is set to be a quiet one.
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