RBC Capital Markets

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, FMO, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Province of Quebec all hit screens on Monday for forthcoming dollar deals, with bankers remarking that the SSA market could be set for another hectic week.

The recent performance of the province of British Columbia’s economy provides a compelling lesson in the long-term benefits of diversification. At a time when the Canadian economy has been negatively impacted by weakness in commodity prices, BC has established itself at the top of the country’s provincial growth rankings

Covered bond borrowers in the UK, Sweden, France, New Zealand and the Netherlands met with strong receptions for their transactions this week, which collectively raised nearly €6bn.

Asian Development Bank printed a A$225m ($170.8m) 10 year bond on Thursday, the largest issue size in this tenor from an SSA borrower in the Australian dollar market since 2014.

Daimler’s funding radar turned swiftly from the Eurodollar market to sterling bonds this week, as it raised £300m ($430.9m) on Thursday.

Daimler’s funding radar turned swiftly from the Eurodollar market to sterling bonds this week, as it raised a £300m transaction on Thursday.

Western Digital, the US maker of computer hard drives, has widened pricing on its $9.5bn loan package to entice reluctant lenders. The loan will back Western Digital’s $17bn acquisition of SanDisk.

French industrial minerals producer Imerys brought two tranches of €300m sub benchmark notes to the European corporate bond market on Wednesday and clinched minimal concessions.

A postponed deal as issuers clashed in the SSA market left a blemish on a strong week for the improving public sector dollar bond market. But such occurrences may well become the norm as issuers crowd in to narrow windows, writes Craig McGlashan.

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba) and WL Bank met contrasting outcomes for their euro denominated German Pfandbriefe issued this week.

The UK Debt Management Office is reshuffling its funding strategy for the 2016-17 financial year, including adding the possibility of selling short to medium term conventional Gilts via syndication — although some investors would prefer a reduction in the UK’s use of syndications.

GlobalCapital announces the results of its Equity Capital Markets Awards for 2015, following our inaugural ECM Awards Dinner, in London on March 16.