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Portugal and KfW lead euro supply with five year as dollar market focuses on second AfDB hybrid
◆ Tightest 10 year Länder bond this year ◆ Big book leads to 4bp spread move ◆ Deal still three times covered, green element was key
◆ One deal was judged ‘relatively tight’... ◆ And the other ‘definitely cheap’... ◆ ... though fair value tough to spot
Issuance recovers from last week’s wobble but concerns linger after issuers like KfW widen
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Iceland’s banking sector was on its knees in 2008. But after six years of hard labour, the country’s banks are transformed and beginning to walk with their heads held high and talk about future ownership and access to the international capital markets.
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The lack of a securities lending market for green bonds could be stifling the ability of banks to make markets in the product, leaving the buyside struggling to pick up paper in secondaries, a leading investor told GlobalCapital this week. But on the primary side, green demand grows ever healthier, with another set of firsts from public sector borrowers on the way. -
Iceland is back in the debt markets, with the sovereign and banking sector making impressively speedy progress. However, memories of the country’s 2008 economic collapse and the capital controls that have been in place ever since, are holding Iceland’s issuers back. Many believe a sovereign upgrade is overdue and once that happens prices will begin to fall into line with the country’s peers.
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Iceland’s companies reduced their debt sharply after the country’s financial crisis, with corporate debt now back to 2005 levels. There are signs, however, that the mood might be changing and that the bond market could play an important role. Phil Moore reports.
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With only 20%-25% of Iceland’s available hydro and geothermal energy harnessed, the country’s energy potential is vast. The aluminium industry has thus far dominated, but the silicon industry could be the next to come onshore to take advantage of the cheap and plentiful power. Meanwhile, exciting plans to link up to the UK grid are taking shape.
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Iceland’s long term commitment to developing its credentials as a North Atlantic economic hub is expected to strengthen, especially now that talks about membership of the EU have been broken off. Phil Moore reports.
