People & Markets
ESM shakes up senior management
The European Stability Mechanism has reorganised its senior management team with a series of internal appointments and reshuffles.
17 Jul 2019
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Supranationals & Agencies
Supranationals head out into non-core currencies
World Bank hit the Canadian dollar market on Wednesday to begin its 2019/20 benchmark funding programme.
17 Jul 2019 -
SSA
Investors welcome EC’s first female president
Ursula von der Leyen has been picked as the first female president of the European Commission as Christine Lagarde quit her IMF job following her European Central Bank governor nomination.
17 Jul 2019 -
Regulation & Clearing
New Commission boss pledges €1tr of sustainable finance
After her narrowly passed confirmation vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday evening, new European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen is set to establish a sustainable investment plan and to green the European Investment Bank.
17 Jul 2019
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Greece prices seven year bond at record low level
Greece took advantage of a significant rally in its government bonds to lock in its lower ever cost of funding on Tuesday.
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Dollar investors offer mixed receptions to SSA trio
SSA names found the going varied in dollars on Tuesday, with the Inter-American Development Bank only just covering the minimum size of its tightly priced short end trade while Land NRW and L-Bank saw chunkier demand.
16 Jul 2019 -
NatWest Markets launches ESG deposit product
NatWest Markets, the investment bank owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, is launching its own environmental, social and governance deposit product, responding to a desire among companies, public bodies and investment firms to invest their cash ethically.
16 Jul 2019 -
Von der Leyen bids to green the EIB
Ursula von der Leyen has proposed setting up an EU sustainable investment plan and refocusing the European Investment Bank more around climate, in a list of written commitments sent to the bloc’s main political groups one day before she will be confirmed or rejected by the European Parliament as the next president of the European Commission.
15 Jul 2019
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EFSF EUR2bn 0.05% Jul 29, EUR1bn 1.75% Jul 53 tap
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UK GBP2.5bn 0.125% Aug 41 linker tap
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Italy EUR3bn 2.8% Mar 67
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KfW USD4bn 1.75% Aug 22
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EIB GBP400m 2.50% Oct 22 tap
04 Jul 2019
Sovereigns
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Greece prices seven year bond at record low level
Greece took advantage of a significant rally in its government bonds to lock in its lower ever cost of funding on Tuesday.
16 Jul 2019 -
Greece resurfaces to bond market after mammoth post-election rally
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RBC hires Coutte for new trading role
Supranationals & Agencies
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Supranationals head out into non-core currencies
World Bank hit the Canadian dollar market on Wednesday to begin its 2019/20 benchmark funding programme. It followed the European Investment Bank and KfW which have also been active in non-core currencies this week.
17 Jul 2019 -
New Commission boss pledges €1tr of sustainable finance
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ESM shakes up senior management
Sub-sovereigns
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SSA names hit dollars in force
A trio of issuers burst into the sovereign, supranational and agency dollar market on Monday, as syndicate officials say they have been pleasantly surprised by how quickly the sector bounced back after a tricky period.
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Investors leap on Berlin 20 year
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Azores set for capital markets return
MTNs & CP
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IFC kicks off funding year with green taps
The International Finance Corp (IFC) started its 2019/20 funding year on Tuesday with a pair of Swedish krona green bond taps in the private market.
11 Jul 2019 -
MTN bankers await AIIB programme
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BNG goes long and low
People & Markets
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New Commission boss pledges €1tr of sustainable finance
After her narrowly passed confirmation vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday evening, new European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen is set to establish a sustainable investment plan and to green the European Investment Bank.
17 Jul 2019 -
ESM shakes up senior management
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NatWest Markets launches ESG deposit product
Comment
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Autocrats are challenging central bank independence, perhaps rightly
Central bank independence is under threat. When politicians attempt to take control of monetary policy for their own ends, markets tend to panic, but it may be time to acknowledge that monetary policy is inherently political.
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UK aims to pull away with Green Finance Strategy but is still in the slow lane
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