The pricing advantage offered to issuers by green bonds over conventional issuance — the so-called greenium — has shrunk during the coronavirus pandemic, making them less attractive for borrowers.
KfW has made the first adjustment to its 2020 borrowing needs by doubling the size of its US commercial paper programme, with the Gerrman agency set to review its overall funding target at the end of June.
The International Finance Corp returned to the Australian dollar bond market to fund its response to the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, while at the end of last week BNG capped the strongest month for SSA Kangaroo deals for over nine months.
The Council of Europe Development Bank is preparing to issue its second Covid-19 response bond which will also be its first ever trade in dollars under its social inclusion framework.
With one month to go of its 2019/2020 financial year, the International Finance Corporation has revised down its funding target.
This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes as we reach the end of May and enter June.
The Inter-American Development Bank has bumped up its 2020 funding programme by almost a quarter to fund its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The UK Debt Management Office has announced the timing and the banks for its upcoming syndication next month, as it continues to plough through its unprecedented borrowing programme.
Alberta made its first foray into the Norwegian kroner market on Thursday — the same day that S&P placed the province’s credit outlook on negative.
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The UK Debt Management Office has announced the timing and the banks for its upcoming syndication next month, as it continues to plough through its unprecedented borrowing programme.
The Council of Europe Development Bank is preparing to issue its second Covid-19 response bond which will also be its first ever trade in dollars under its social inclusion framework.
Alberta made its first foray into the Norwegian kroner market on Thursday — the same day that S&P placed the province’s credit outlook on negative.
Alberta made its first foray into the Norwegian kroner market on Thursday — the same day that S&P placed the province’s credit outlook on negative.
The European Commission delivered its proposal for Next Generation EU on Wednesday, marking a sea change in the bloc’s relationship with the capital markets as it proposes truly shared borrowing to finance expenditure for the first time. The move could make the Commission the biggest supranational and agency borrower by some distance, Lewis McLellan reports.
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