Erik Kolski at Land NRW's Ministry of Finance discusses its largest sustainable bond since 2020

◆ Small premium left for investors ◆ Final yield close to 4% 'inflection point' ◆ Rabo adds to senior green rush

◆ High portion of international investors ◆ New issue premium paid ◆ Spread to KfW tighter

◆ Swedish bank tightened spread by 28bp ◆ LF Bank opted for the €500m no-grow format ◆ Bonds offered 2bp of new issue premium, an expert said

◆ Greek bank tightened spread by 25bp ◆ One of two green bonds sold on Tuesday ◆ Green label creates 'stickier' order book, says banker

The new issue premium was, at most, 10bp

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Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp

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Tight price and strong book reported as market awaits geographic breakdown

US and European stocks rallied this week, recovering some of the losses suffered during the worst equity market sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis, but investors are not ready to pile back into the market yet, fearful of the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the United States.

Toronto Dominion Bank attracted a slightly larger order book for its three year dollar covered bond on Friday than Bank of Nova Scotia did for a similar deal issued on Wednesday. Both deals offered a considerable pick-up to where they would have been expected to be priced in euros, but the overall spread outlook remains a subject for hot debate. At the same time on Friday, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was set to issue a ‘blow out’ three year Swiss franc deal.

The euphoria that infused Europe’s corporate bond market from Tuesday to Thursday has cooled somewhat, although investors are still open for business. Bankers had said on Thursday that Friday would bring an interesting crop of deals, but there is only one, for paper company Mondi, rated Baa1/BBB+.