Pre-migration untagged articles
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Intesa Sanpaolo sold its inaugural covered bond on Thursday, a Eu2bn seven year issue that was also the first benchmark Italian public sector deal.
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The State of Israel and the State Bank of India tapped the MTN market this week as private placement investors eagerly continue to look for rare names to buy.
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René Karsenti, president of the International Capital Market Association, has added his voice to calls for a pooled sovereign debt instrument for the euro zone.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non-syndicated deals for less than $250m excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of less than 365 days.
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KfW issued a Norwegian krone Nkr1bn ($170m) four year Wednesday, and tapped two other deals for a further Nkr900m as the currency continues to attract a diversity of bond investors.
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The World Bank issued huge increases to its 2016 and 2019 Kangaroo bonds this week, setting a price and size example for the other SSA issuers in the market. The A$500m ($464m) 2016 tap and the A$900m ($836m) 2019 tap priced tightly, with spreads to swaps of 19bp and 21bp respectively.
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Compagnie de Financement Foncier issued the first US targeted dollar benchmark covered bond for a European issuer since mid-2007 on Thursday, a $2bn three year obligations foncières issue.
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Eight issuers tapped a well supported euro benchmark covered bond market this week, with Eu8.45bn of supply making it the fourth busiest week, by issuance volume, this year.
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Desjardins, Canada’s largest co-operative financial group, is preparing to set up a covered bond programme and Quebec’s financial regulator has outlined an initial position towards issuance.
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Five issuers raised more than Eu5bn of funding over two days in the benchmark covered bond market this week as the asset class showed no signs of slowing down after a record first quarter.
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The European Covered Bond Council has approved a set of standards as the basis for a European covered bond label, and is turning to the task of deciding how it will be implemented.