RBC Capital Markets
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Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust made a convincing statement as it hit the dollar bond market on Thursday with new three and 10 year notes that were tightly priced and had record order books. -
Swedish Export Credit Corporation took full advantage of the quiet SSA market to print a three year dollar benchmark on Wednesday. Ontario Teachers Finance Trust is set to follow on Thursday.
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Delta Air Lines raised $6bn this week, joining the September stampede by companies to plug their bank accounts and lock in cheap funding.
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World Bank gave a big boost to the flagging volumes in the sterling public sector bond market this week with the biggest deal in the currency from a supranational or agency borrower in five months.
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Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) and the International Development Association set new size records this week, with the former bringing the biggest ever social bond in dollars and the latter issuing its biggest ever bond since entering the capital markets in 2018.
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RBC Capital Markets’ expansion in European investment banking came in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. A decade on, the coronavirus pandemic has presented it with a very different set of challenges.
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French agency Cades and the International Development Association returned to the dollar market for the first time since the summer break on Tuesday to bring a pair of five year socially responsible deals.
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French agency Cades will debut its social bond framework in dollars on Tuesday, less than a week after it raised the largest ever bond in the format with its inaugural issue in euros. It will share the market with the International Development Association (IDA), which is preparing to kick off its 2020/21 funding year with a sustainable development benchmark of its own.
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The New Development Bank has appointed the syndicate to lead its second dollar benchmark, the proceeds of which will fund its coronavirus response.
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