RBC Capital Markets
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Two supranationals are on screens for ESG firsts. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its first green transition bond, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing its first foray into the green bond market in sterling, capitalising on strong appetite from UK pension funds.
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The SSA market is on fire this week, with a series of large deals from borrowers all across the SSA spectrum, with green sterling deals enjoying a particularly hot streak. -
The Inter-American Development Bank and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia only managed to raise small sizes in the sterling market on Tuesday, with the leads on the latter declining to comment on whether the deal was fully subscribed.
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Public sector borrowers enjoyed healthy subscription levels and minimal new issue concessions in the five year part of the curve as they returned to the dollar bond market following the Golden Week break in China.
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The State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Land NRW) mandated banks on Monday for its debut Sonia-linked floating rate note, following its compatriot NRW.Bank, which sold its first trade in the format last week. The region has also decided to no longer use money market instruments for funding and liquidity management.
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The European Investment Bank won a huge reception from investors for its debut €STR-linked floating rate note (FRN) this week, ignoring concerns about a lack of demand amid negative rates in the euro market. While there is a lack of clarity about calculating €STR bonds’ fair value and on Euribor’s future, public sector borrowers are expected to embrace the risk-free euro rate.
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Investors warmly welcomed the first benchmark €STR-linked floating rate note on Wednesday, brushing aside previous concerns about a lack of demand for euro FRNs as a result of deeply negative rates in the currency.
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Metro Bank came back to the sterling market on Wednesday to make a second effort at selling non-preferred senior debt, raising the pricing on its offer by 200bp to 9.5%. Market participants suggested the transaction was already a ‘done deal’, but warned that the interest costs would weigh very heavily on the bank’s profit and loss statement.
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NRW.Bank was well subscribed for its inaugural Sonia-linked floating rate note on Tuesday, with the books closing just one hour after opening.
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After mandating banks last week to explore a three year benchmark €STR-linked floating rate note, the European Investment Bank is moving forward with the deal, with initial price thoughts released ahead of an expected launch on Wednesday — the day the rate starts being published by the European Central Bank. However, some market participants have questioned the extent of investor demand for euro FRNs with negative rates commonplace in the currency.
