RBC Capital Markets
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Export Development Canada (EDC) added to a record breaking year for non-UK SSA sterling issuance as it printed a £500m floating rate note (FRN) this week. Despite the very strong year for the currency, some trades have struggled in recent weeks — but FRNs such as EDC’s appear to be the exception. Some in the market put that down to concerns over Brexit negotiations. -
After a year during which euro issuance from SSAs has far outstripped that in dollars, thanks to the vagaries of the euro/dollar basis swap, a German agency was able to nip in to a funding week shortened by US elections and central bank meetings to score a strong result with its sole dollar benchmark of the year.
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Volkswagen printed the biggest trade in its history as high-grade corporate borrowers blitzed the dollar market in response to the results of the US mid-term elections.
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BMW Finance found no reduction in the demand for its paper, despite its new issue on Thursday being its fourth dual-tranche deal of the year. The company has sold at least €1.75bn during each previous quarter of 2018, and it hit that mark again with its shortest combination of tenors.
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Rentenbank and Eurofima showed that Tuesday’s midterm elections in the US might be hogging most television airwaves but they have been making little waves in the dollar SSA market.
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Export Development Bank brought another big deal to a super strong year for the sterling SSA market, as it took £500m with a floating rate note. More issuers might follow its lead over the coming weeks, said bankers.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are looking to eke out the last bit of cash from the dollar market before it shuts down for the US mid-term elections on Tuesday night.
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The Province of Alberta was set to price its joint biggest ever dollar benchmark on Thursday, with a $2.25bn November 2023.
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Japan Bank for International Cooperation took advantage of the lack of competing supply and good demand in dollars to suck $3bn out from the primary market on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Province of Alberta has mandated banks for its third benchmark of the year.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development returned to the sterling market on Tuesday to sell the first benchmark of its 2019 funding programme.
