RBC Capital Markets
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The European Investment Bank mandated banks on Thursday for the first Sonia floating rate note linked to the Bank of England’s new compounded Sonia index which was launched earlier this month. -
Communauté Française de Belgique returned in mid-August after a seventh month absence to print a slew of deals for a combined €404m, according to Dealogic.
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Euro investors are sniffing around further out along the SSA curve, with Euratom returning after a two year absence to print a 10 year bond earmarked to fund power plant safety measures in Ukraine, while the Treasury Corp of Victoria tapped demand past the 30 year point.
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A trio of SSA borrowers hit the market for dollar paper this week, testing the waters across the curve and finding investors receptive. Although the top tier names are mostly well funded, demand is still hot for the extra yield offered by the second layer of SSA borrowers.
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The Province of Alberta hit the market for a 10 year deal, raising $2bn and impressing onlookers with a solid order book. Its peer Quebec will follow up on Thursday with a five year. But despite Alberta's success, further supply at the tenor may be limited.
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The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) raised $1bn with a three year bond on Tuesday, while the Japan International Cooperation Agency tested the water with a 10 year dollar transaction, opening up an opportunity for the Province of Alberta to follow suit.
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Investors piled into KfW’s first dollar benchmark in six months on Tuesday, allowing the issuer to break the order book record for SSA dollar benchmarks.
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KfW mandated banks on Monday for a highly anticipated return to the dollar market following its previous benchmark in the currency back in January. The German agency will be joined in dollars by the Asian Development Bank, which is preparing a three year trade.
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The huge demand seen for ThyssenKrupp Elevator’s buyout financing, the largest bridge loan left on banks’ books through the Covid-19 crisis, should reassure credit committees and capital markets operators that the LBO market is wide open again, for the right business. Owen Sanderson reports.
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Deutsche Bahn tapped the Kangaroo and Swedish kronor markets on Wednesday after having spent the first half of 2020 focused on the euro market.
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With SSA issuers' programmes rising to accommodate their responses to the coronavirus pandemic, the volume of deals transacted in niche currencies is closing in on a record high. With offshore interest in local currency deals healthy, however, many major banks are missing out on a busy and increasingly active market.
