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Investors and bankers consider prospects for UK country's first bond issue
Inaugural government deal could come in late 2026 or early 2027
◆ New 20 year Bund launched into popular demand ◆ Is 20 years the new 30 years for EGBs? ◆ Fair value in debate
German sovereign goes for conventional over green as smaller peers join a crowded Tuesday
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Yves Mersch, one of the ECB governing council’s staunchest hawks, has a new argument for why the central bank must abridge its purchase programmes: by keeping down the borrowing costs of the eurozone periphery, the ECB is helping countries to “circumvent EU loans”, which he thinks should not be allowed to happen.
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The UK will issue its first green Gilts next year, create its own Taxonomy of green activities and oblige large companies and investors to report as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures by 2025, the chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak said on Monday.
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The Bank of England added £150bn to its quantitative easing programme at its monetary policy meeting on Thursday. The move will go a long way to soaking up the additional supply of Gilts.
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The island nation of the Maldives received a fresh blow this week after Fitch Ratings downgraded the country by three notches to CCC due to external liquidity pressure and increasing debt burden.
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The US Treasury has announced its intention to borrow $122bn over the next three months, marking the third time in a row that it has announced record borrowing volumes.
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Germany found lacklustre demand for its second ever green bond on Wednesday. The sovereign had to contend with a big drop in Bund yields following uncertainty over the US election result.