KfW

A reverse enquiry was the catalyst behind KfW’s decision to print its first Swedish krona note of the year on Wednesday — one of the largest krona deals issued by the German agency.

Mauritius Commercial Bank has raised a new dual tranche $800m loan after receiving commitments of over $1bn. The deal was welcomed by bankers as one of the few new money financings in the market.

The Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt issued its debut Norwegian krone bond on April 1. The treasury was pleased with a successful private placement that could open up a new funding market for Saxony-Anhalt.

The oldest private loan market in Germany has bagged the largest private company in India. Reliance Industries, the conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai and founded by Dhirubhai Ambani, has launched a Schuldschein — the first from the country, and what many market participants hope is a sign of things to come.

KfW, the German state-owned development bank, could be used to support the merged entity of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank by taking on the government's stake in the latter.

Guarantor: Federal Republic of Germany

The sterling public sector market was on pause this week as the UK parliament held a series of votes to determine the outcome of Brexit this week.

Public sector borrowers in the euro SSA market received strong demand in both the short and long ends of the curve on Tuesday. KfW took advantage of the blistering conditions to sell its first euro benchmark with a three year maturity since 2015, while Société du Grand Paris (SGP) sold its biggest ever bond.

Société du Grand Paris (SGP) mandated banks on Monday for its second benchmark green bond, following its debut last October. Meanwhile, KfW hit screens for a long three year benchmark, the agency’s third benchmark in euros this year.

KfW sold a tap in sterling on Monday with lead managers maintaining that the choice of an intraday execution was “key” ahead of a vote in UK parliament on prime minister Theresa May’s revised Brexit deal.

Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse have completed of a repo transaction using blockchain technology, opening up the possibility of a secondary market environment operating on distributed ledger.

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.