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◆ German state raises €750m with ease ◆ 'Listening to the market' is important ◆ International investors took large chunk
German agency has only €2bn to €2.5bn left to fund via smaller deals after €3bn green tap this week
Corporates and banks add scale to recent FRN run in euros and dollars

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  • Guarantor: Federal Republic of Germany
  • Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) will look to fill the €1bn-€1.5bn it has left to raise this year with its annual water bond benchmark and potentially a short end benchmark. That is in keeping with the wider SSA market, where bankers expect socially responsible investment (SRI) issuance to form the bulk of this year’s final trades.
  • Export Development Canada (EDC) added to a record breaking year for non-UK SSA sterling issuance as it printed a £500m floating rate note (FRN) this week. Despite the very strong year for the currency, some trades have struggled in recent weeks — but FRNs such as EDC’s appear to be the exception. Some in the market put that down to concerns over Brexit negotiations.
  • Supranationals found heavy demand from investors for privately placed taps of outstanding dollar and euro notes over the past week, with Asian Development Bank printing particularly heavy volumes.
  • After a year during which euro issuance from SSAs has far outstripped that in dollars, thanks to the vagaries of the euro/dollar basis swap, a German agency was able to nip in to a funding week shortened by US elections and central bank meetings to score a strong result with its sole dollar benchmark of the year.
  • SSA
    The European Financial Stability Facility finished off its 2018 issuance this week with what was likely the last jumbo euro benchmark of the year. The deal was solid, but SSA bankers warned the euro market feels “tired”.
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