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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
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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South Africa was thrown into financial uncertainty this week as its finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, became embroiled in a corruption probe by the country’s elite police unit, the Hawks. Volatility hit local currency bonds, which remain some 50bp wider, but the country’s sovereign curve is already recovering and in equities and loans it is business as usual. But some say this underplays the risk of investing in South African assets. -
A dance of low yield limbo is forcing public sector borrowers to rewrite their autumn funding plans as crushed rates have made the short end of the euro curve all but inaccessible. Lewis McLellan reports.
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Abundant oil reserves transform a country’s economy. The results are not always positive — some sovereigns suffer from the “Dutch Disease”, which inhibits exports of non-oil goods through an appreciation in the real exchange rate. But overall natural resources, in particular oil and gas, prove to be a boon for the lucky country’s finances.
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Gilt-edged market makers and investors are calling for the UK Debt Management Office to sell a long dated conventional syndication in October and follow it with an index-linked deal in November.
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Poland became the first European country to issue a Panda bond on Thursday, printing a landmark Rmb3bn ($451m) deal. The depreciating renminbi was not enough to put off foreign investors, while the yield pick-up over other sovereign bonds helped ensure a strong order book. Addison Gong reports.
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South African president Jacob Zuma has spoken out in support of the country's troubled finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, but this did little to reassure the market as volatility in local currency bonds and the rand extended into Thursday.
