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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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The Netherlands Development Finance Company debuted the first offshore Bolivian boliviano bond last Friday. Meanwhile on Monday, French agency Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations again returned to the ultra-long end to place a pair of callable euro notes. -
Bankers were surprised that the African Development Bank placed a one year bond last week linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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Ireland has extended its curve out to 2119 by placing its second century bond, three years after it sold its first in the tenor. Century and ultra-long dated bonds have seen a resurgence of interest this year as issuers look to lock in low interest rates at long dated maturities.
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The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), made its Uzbekistani som debut this week to take advantage of funds flowing into EM currencies thanks to low rates in dollars. Elsewhere, euro investors are looking at the ultra-long end of the SSA market.
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Westpac placed just under HK$13.4bn into the Hong Kong market across two MTNs last week — the pair of bonds are its largest ever in the currency, according to Dealogic. The notes came in a busy week for niche issuance, and bankers have posited that this move into the peripheral markets comes as a response to the global fall in yields.
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Issuance is starting to resume after the summer break; however, this week a booming public market drew away investor and issuer attention from MTNs. Despite this, a range of established SSA, FIG and corporate borrowers have slipped in, with deals across core, niche and EM currencies.
