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Sovereigns
Spain readies 10 year amid sparse euro SSA pipeline
Spain was the only public sector borrower to announce a euro new issue on Monday as it mandated banks for a 10 year syndication.
21 Jun 2021
SSA
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Supranationals & Agencies
FOMC creates ‘challenging tone’ in dollar rates market
The Federal Reserve made a hawkish lurch at its meeting last week and the consequences are still rippling through rates markets with just two SSA borrowers attempting deals in what could prove volatile markets.
21 Jun 2021 -
People & Markets
Commission reinstates eight of 10 banned banks in time for NGEU sophomore outing
The EU Commission confirmed on Friday that eight of the 10 banks it had suspended from its Next Generation EU syndications will be able to participate after all, having completed the remedial action required by the Commission.
18 Jun 2021 -
Supranationals & Agencies
Funding scorecard: French agencies
This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made in their funding programmes.
18 Jun 2021 -
Leader
When prodigies appear in markets, heed the warning
A lion walks the streets of Rome, an owl shrieks in the marketplace at noon.
17 Jun 2021 -
SRI / Green Bonds
ECB’s Schnabel hints at shape of green QE
The pace at which central banks are accelerating towards skewing monetary policy to support the fight against climate change was brought home this week by a speech by Isabel Schnabel, an executive board member at the European Central Bank, in which she went further than ever before in calling for strong action and hinted at how the ECB might do it.
17 Jun 2021 -
Leader
EU: a good start but it will get tougher
There were likely some well earned fist bumps and high fives going on in Brussels this week after the EU inaugurated its Next Generation funding programme with a triumphant €20bn outing.
17 Jun 2021 -
SSA
Market withstands NGEU’s debut deluge, but pace ahead a concern
The European Union stunned onlookers this week with its first deal under its Next Generation EU programme, raising a record-shattering €20bn in a single tranche.
17 Jun 2021 -
People & Markets
EU syndication ban on banks ‘unfair’ and ‘arbitrary’
Senior SSA bond market participants have condemned the European Commission’s decision to temporarily exclude 10 of its primary dealers from the Next Generation EU syndication programme due to breaches of European antitrust rules.
17 Jun 2021 -
Supranationals & Agencies
First rumbles of Fed tapering cause no wobbles for SSAs
The US Federal Reserve revealed an unexpectedly hawkish tilt in its thinking on Wednesday, bringing forward its first forecasted rate hike to 2023.
17 Jun 2021
Germany's public sector issuers lead from the front
At the end of June GlobalCapital and DZ Bank brought together some of Germany’s leading public sector bond issuers to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their capital markets activities...
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Awards
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BP, Iberdrola, Novartis star in corporate Bond Awards
GlobalCapital reveals today the winners of its Bond Awards 2021, including celebration of the achievement of top corporate banks and issuers — and Lifetime Achievement Awards for two of Europe’s most prominent corporate funding officials.
16 Jun 2021
Bond Comments
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AfDB GBP600m 0.5% Jun 26
17 Jun 2021 -
Unédic EUR2bn 0.5% May 36 social bond
17 Jun 2021 -
EU EUR20bn 0% Jul 31
17 Jun 2021 -
NRW.Bank EUR500m 0.5% Jun 41 social bond
10 Jun 2021 -
OeKB GBP500m 0.5% Dec 25
10 Jun 2021 -
Italy EUR10bn 0.95% Jun 26
10 Jun 2021 -
Greece EUR2.5bn 0.75% Jun 31 tap
10 Jun 2021
Sovereigns
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Spain readies 10 year amid sparse euro SSA pipeline
Spain was the only public sector borrower to announce a euro new issue on Monday as it mandated banks for a 10 year syndication.
21 Jun 2021 -
Market withstands NGEU’s debut deluge, but pace ahead a concern
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Sweden braves vol to establish 50 year krona reference point
SUPRANATIONALS & AGENCIES
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FOMC creates ‘challenging tone’ in dollar rates market
The Federal Reserve made a hawkish lurch at its meeting last week and the consequences are still rippling through rates markets with just two SSA borrowers attempting deals in what could prove volatile markets.
21 Jun 2021 -
Commission reinstates eight of 10 banned banks in time for NGEU sophomore outing
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Funding scorecard: French agencies
Sub-Sovereigns
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Rates traders positive on spreads with ECB to step up
Tuesday's 10 year benchmark new issue from the EU may have widened in the secondary market on Wednesday and Thursday but with the ECB able to buy the deal from Friday onwards, spreads look well supported, said traders on Thursday.
17 Jun 2021 -
Rates confidence improves as EU clears hurdle
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SSA underwriting fees: pandemic has given market something to fight over
MTNS & CP
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Sweden braves vol to establish 50 year krona reference point
Sweden became the latest European sovereign to access the ultra-long end of the curve this week as it launched its first 50 year bond, opening up the long end of the krona curve for other highly rated names.
17 Jun 2021 -
CAF takes LatAm’s first Sofr step with $400m MTN
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Mamoura makes rare stop in MTNs
PEOPLE & MARKETS
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Commission reinstates eight of 10 banned banks in time for NGEU sophomore outing
The EU Commission confirmed on Friday that eight of the 10 banks it had suspended from its Next Generation EU syndications will be able to participate after all, having completed the remedial action required by the Commission.
18 Jun 2021 -
ECB’s Schnabel hints at shape of green QE
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EU syndication ban on banks ‘unfair’ and ‘arbitrary’
Special reports - all asset classes
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European securitization report 2021
02 Jun 2021 -
Japan in the Capital Markets April 2021
16 Apr 2021 -
The Canadian Covered Bonds Roundtable
15 Apr 2021 -
The Crédit Agricole CIB ESG Loan Roundtable
30 Mar 2021 -
The HSBC Asia high yield bond roundtable
08 Feb 2021 -
Review of the Year 2020
17 Dec 2020 -
Investing in Indonesia
17 Dec 2020 -
The LBBW Public Sector Issuers’ Roundtable
11 Dec 2020 -
The Standard Chartered high yield bond roundtable
07 Dec 2020 -
CEE Sovereign Issuance
06 Oct 2020 -
Investing in Egypt
30 Sep 2020 -
GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2020
30 Sep 2020
