KfW
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Euro conditions are excellent for public sector borrowers, with Spain pulling in a nearly €30bn book for an €8bn 10 year — which bankers away from the trade said indicated a high presence of quality investors — and KfW raising €5bn after picking a seven year deal over a shorter tenor. Another pair of issuers are now looking to take advantage. -
The euro market for public sector borrowers looks set to kick back into action after a quiet last week, with a pair of big borrowers mandating for trades to come on Tuesday.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the funding progress various European supranationals and agencies have made in their funding programmes.
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KfW is the solitary SSA issuer out in dollars so far this week, and it is sticking to the very short end with an 18 month deal, a week before a US Federal Open Market Committee meeting at which investors overwhelmingly believe it will raise its target rate.
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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.
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A strong public sector dollar market welcomed one issuer's first $5bn sized deal this week. It was not even the only borrower to sell in size but with SSAs well-funded, there are few expectations of more large trades.
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KfW launched a three year global on Tuesday, raising $5bn, while Japan Bank for International Cooperation picked banks for a four tranche dollar trade.
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Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) returned to the sterling market on Tuesday, raising £350m with a five year deal.
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KfW will be the first public sector borrower to test a dollar market where swap spreads have rebounded off the 2017 lows they hit in the middle of last week.
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The Kangaroo market witnessed a flurry of deals this week as issuers dipped into an investor base starved of paper. The rush of deals follows a period of inactivity during which pricing –– compared with other niche currencies –– had been unfavourable, forcing issuers to wait until costs worked for them again.
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KfW has raised the threshold of sustainability it requires as an investor, the latest in a growing trend for bond buyers to focus on the impact of their investments.
