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Higher rates from the outbreak of the war have enhanced callable MTNs' yield appeal
◆ Tobias Landström on recent dollar three year trade ◆ Investors keen for short-dated dollar paper ◆ Dollar and euro funding levels have improved
◆ AIIB's Darren Stipe on cementing top tier status ◆ Cross-currency funding changes ◆ AIIB printed around $1bn dollar callables last year
Varied issuance in senior credit this week, including blue and green bonds, as ultra-long vanilla duration returns in SSA private placements
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Issuers and dealers were quick to take advantage of opportunities provided by moves in cross currency basis swaps this week, allowing them to get euro commercial paper deals done despite the super tight levels at which many issuers want to fund.
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The entry of the European Stability Mechanism as an investor in short dated money market instruments later this month could lead to a further compression in the already meagre yields on offer from short term debt, Eurocommercial paper dealers have warned.
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The launch of a new triple-A rated euro medium term note programme from a Finnish agency this week cheered dealers who have been struggling with the worst quarter for public sector issuance since the first three months of 2009.
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A week of further eurozone volatility is pushing sovereigns, supranationals and agencies even more towards private placements for funding.
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Anything but euros worked for top-flight sovereign, supranational and agency issuers in the MTN market this week, as instability in both the banking and sovereign sectors rocked equity and CDS markets.
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KfW marked the 10th anniversary of its euro benchmark programme this week with a rare increase of its January 2021 benchmark by Eu2bn to Eu6bn. Bankers described it as the most successful tap ever seen in the euro market.