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Frontier currency bonds issued by development finance institutions have outperformed emerging market indices over the past three years, according to a report published by fund manager TCX this week. -
Bond market fintech company Origin has teamed up with clearing house operator Clearstream Banking to launch an “instant ISIN” feature to allow the automated allocation of codes to Eurobonds from frequent issuers.
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Sweden became the latest European sovereign to access the ultra-long end of the curve this week as it launched its first 50 year bond, opening up the long end of the krona curve for other highly rated names.
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Latin American supranational Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) has become the first borrower from the region to sell paper linked to Sofr.
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Tobias Rischen joined the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg on Monday as an associate funding officer.
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Emirati state-owned Mamoura Diversified Global Holding returned to the MTN market this week to sell its first private placement since its parents’ merger in 2017.
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Brussels jumped into the long end this week, printing the longest MTN in over a month.
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Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) harnessed the growing demand for environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) paper in the Swiss market to land a tap 7bp through the bid side this week. Elsewhere, Toyota ended a 12 year absence from the Swiss franc market to sell the currency’s first automobile deal of the year.
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Dutch agencies were active in core currency MTN markets earlier this week, including FMO, which sold its first currency-linked bond for almost a year.
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CPPIB Capital made its debut in South African rand this week with an ‘old school MTN’ at the short end of the curve.
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Belgium dropped into the long end of the euro curve to place a 100 year bond this week – its first private placement for seven months.
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The Asian Development dropped into the dim sum market on Wednesday to sell the first note from an SSA issuer in almost three weeks. Despite the recent absence of SSA names, the asset class is on pace for a record year.
