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An public sector issuer breaking a record with a deal this week became so common a claim it began to sound like, well, a broken record. But questions remain about how robust demand really is
Markets ‘not out of the woods yet’ as large sovereigns shorten execution process to de-risk issuance
Huge order book allowed the issuer to increase size of five year dollar trade
Issuer had already pre-funded in dollars earlier this year
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Supranational borrowers gave birth to the sustainable bond market, but as it reaches adolescence supras risk being overshadowed by corporate borrowers printing big deals and stealing all the glory.
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Cities and municipalities should be one of the most exciting areas of sustainable and responsible capital markets, but origination bankers have their work cut out if they want any but the most obvious candidates to come forward. Tessa Wilkie reports.
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Iceland made a highly successful return to the euro market in July, printing a healthily oversubscribed €750m six year issue which will act as an important benchmark for Icelandic banks and companies looking to access the international capital market.
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Capital controls have done their job. Now the challenge is to dismantle them without prompting a catastrophic flood of outflows and hurting the economy that they helped so effectively to protect.
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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.
