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Critics doubted the EU Green Bond Standard would catch on, but it is gaining new issuers and a following from investors
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Issuance across euros and dollars is set to rise
The sovereign rarely issues more than once a year on international markets
Recent Italy syndication prompts talk of change in how sovereigns manage syndicates
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  • The UK Debt Management Office will have to raise an additional £20.6bn this financial year, including through an extra syndication, but SSA bankers are confident that there will be enough demand to meet the supply.
  • The UK Debt Management Office will have to raise an additional £20.6bn this financial year, including an extra syndication, following the announcement of the government’s borrowing plans in Wednesday’s autumn statement by chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond.
  • The public sector borrower bond market on Tuesday had its first busy day since the election of Donald Trump as US president, but conditions turned rocky again on Wednesday after a report that the European Central Bank may try to boost the volume of bonds it can lend.
  • That the Canadian finance minister has had to explain that the UK is behind the US, European Union and China in line for trade talks is not only bad news for the UK economy and the politicians in charge of it. It also highlights how 'post-truth' politics — or, in common parlance, lying — is set to play havoc with issuers’ funding plans.
  • Portugal is set to round off its funding for the year by auctioning €500m-€750m of its April 2021 line on Wednesday.
  • Moody’s downgraded Mongolia’s long term issuer and senior unsecured rating from B3 to Caa1 last Friday, reflecting the agency’s lack of faith in the country’s ability to control its dire budget deficit.