RBC Capital Markets
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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. -
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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Österreichische Kontrollbank (ÖKB) kept up the strong momentum from European public sector borrowers in the dollar market on Thursday with a well received five year deal which priced through its own curve.
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The EIB kicked off the post-Labor Day SSA dollar market on Wednesday with a five year deal, it's third of the year. Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) is set to follow, having mandated for its second five year dollar deal of the year.
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The UK Debt Management Office raised £8bn ($10.24bn) with its first 15 year syndication on Tuesday morning, the first of two Gilt syndications it will hold during September.
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A trio of European SSAs raised a combined $6bn with five year dollar benchmarks this week. Kommunalbanken, the European Stability Mechanism and Nordic Investment Bank all hit a “very deep pocket” of demand in the tenor.
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The European Stability Mechanism hit dollar the market on Wednesday with a five year benchmark — its fourth ever in the currency. Two Nordic issuers are set to follow suit on Thursday.
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The UK Debt Management Office has chosen the banks to lead the first ever 15 year Gilt to be sold via syndication, which will hit the market next week
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The European Investment Bank gave the flagging volumes in the non-UK sterling SSA market a boost on Friday, bringing the first ever Sonia floating rate note linked to the Bank of England’s new compounded Sonia index.
