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Finland has cut the number of its solicited credit ratings from three to two after removing Moody’s, leaving the sovereign with scores from Fitch and S&P Global.
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Government debt management offices are facing a new experience: bond investors enquiring about their countries’ environmental, social and governance attributes. -
The Republic of the Philippines sold its largest international bond in more than a decade this week, raising $2.75bn from a deal that received strong support from investors confident about the country’s control of Covid, and its outlook. It even managed to get away with a record low coupon on one of the tranches.
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In calls with the UK Debt Management Office on Monday, the majority of Gilt-edged Market Makers (GEMMs) and some Gilt investors called for the UK to launch a new conventional bond maturing in either 2046 or 2051 via syndication next month.
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The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, is adding a “negative screening” process to its purchases of corporate bonds under its quantitative easing programme, meaning it will no longer buy the bonds of the most polluting companies.
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The Sri Lankan ministry of finance has responded to a Fitch rating downgrade by saying that the country does not ‘accept’ the decision, and has in place a policy framework to tackle its debt obligations and spur economic growth.
