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◆ First of seven syndications breaks multiple records ◆ Investor engagement and communications helped stable execution ◆ Smaller programme this year but ‘still a lot’ to tackle
Busy and ‘euro-heavy’ week ahead but dollar pipeline also building with issuers set to bring forward bond plans
◆ Minimal premium paid ◆ Size at top of range ◆ Issuer seizes upon stability
◆ 'Cautious' start say some market participants ◆ New issue premium debated ◆ Price and size praised by rivals
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The main purposes of Fiji’s green bond issue are to highlight the importance of climate change, especially to island states, and to “lead by example” for other issuers in the Pacific region, said officials at the International Finance Corp who worked on the deal. -
China’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has decided not to acquire a credit rating for its forthcoming dollar bond issuance – the country’s first dollar bond in over a decade. The news came as MoF mandated 10 banks as bookrunners and managers, including four foreign entities.
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Sir Richard Branson spoke with GlobalCapital’s Lucien Chauvin on Wednesday, after meeting Caribbean heads of government and leaders of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington. Branson is pushing for a Marshall Plan to help the Caribbean cope with the relentless onslaught of hurricanes, exacerbated by climate change.
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With asset prices inflated to levels that would have seemed impossible a few years ago, capital market participants are looking forward to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) eventual exit from its quantitative easing (QE) programme with a mix of hope and dread, writes Lewis McLellan.
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World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has told Caribbean leaders it is time to think creatively about ways to deal with the region's debt, low growth and the vulnerabilities posed by climate change-provoked disasters. By Lucien Chauvin, Oliver West and Virginia Furness.
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China is preparing to challenge South Korea as the tightest-priced sovereign issuer in Asia, as it lines up its first dollar bond in a decade next week. The market expects China to take an aggressive approach for the deal, which could reset the curve for all of the country’s debt issuers. Morgan Davis reports.
