Scotiabank
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The Asian Development Bank this week sold its first gender bonds in Canadian and Australian dollars as part of what the borrower describes as its commitment to supporting projects that promote gender equality and women’s leadership. -
The State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the International Finance Facility for Immunisation attracted impressive demand in the dollar market on Wednesday, allowing them to print big deals in the currency.
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Verizon Communications, the US telecoms group, embarked on an almost $3bn niche currency bond issuing spree this week, which included the largest foreign Swiss franc bond since early 2018.
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Anglo Pacific Group, the London-listed mining royalty company, has doubled its revolving credit facility as it takes on more debt to part-fund its $205m acquisition of a new cobalt stream in Canada.
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Lancashire Holdings issued its first subordinated bond this week, a Reg S dollar tier two. There has been a near complete absence of insurance capital trades from the euro and dollar markets so far this year, but bankers are confident that more will follow.
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KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.
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Four public sector borrowers announced new deals in the primary market on Monday ahead of the European Union’s much anticipated second transaction from its Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency programme this year, which is expected to arrive later in the week.
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World Bank sold a Canadian dollar benchmark on Tuesday, raising C$1.5bn ($1.2bn) with a January 2026 line.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank and Kommuninvest will both take to the dollar market this week, sneaking in ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development landed $1.5bn of five year paper on Wednesday — $500m more than it was originally targeting, thanks to stronger than anticipated demand.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten concluded its benchmark funding programme for the year on Tuesday with a dollar sustainability bond that garnered the issuer's bigger ever order book in the currency.
