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• Comment: Markets must prepare again for a No Deal Brexit

  

  Theresa May’s statement today that she will step down as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7 has increased the likelihood that the UK will leave the European Union without a deal, meaning capital markets need to prepare for the worst again.

  • 24 May 2019

• Funding scorecard: Nordic agencies

  

  This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2019 funding programmes.

  • 24 May 2019

• Green innovation: Dutch classify buyers, Germans mull strippable labels

  

  The green bond market is going through one of its most intense periods, with a wide variety of high profile issuers joining the market. But there are also hints of novelty in the market. The Netherlands and KfW have used systems for classifying green investors, while Germany is considering a radical idea: whether Bunds could be issued with detachable green certificates. Jon Hay reports.

  • 23 May 2019

• SEC charges commercial real estate developer with Ponzi fraud

  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday that it was charging Robert C. Morgan, a commercial real estate developer who carried out substantial business with the government sponsored agencies' CMBS platforms, with Ponzi scheme-like fraud. The regulator has demanded an asset freeze and other civil penalties.

  • 23 May 2019

• Razor thin SSA spreads to Treasuries tipped to last

  

  Spreads over Treasuries on supranational and agency trades shrank to record low levels this week, with the World Bank raising debt just a hair’s width wide of US government debt. Market watchers reckon the good times for issuers are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

  • 23 May 2019

• SGP places ‘missing piece of jigsaw’ with 30 year benchmark

  

  Société du Grand Paris (SGP) issued a 30 year bond on Thursday which extends its benchmark curve from 2034 to 2050.

  • 23 May 2019

• SSAs pounce on Norway govvie redemption to raise MTN cash

  

  The recent redemption of a Norwegian government bond has led to an increase in Nordic currency issuance this week, according to one MTN banker. The European Investment Bank and KfW tapped these released funds to raise a combined Nkr1.5bn ($171.2m).

  • 23 May 2019

• Final World Bank bond outing due in June

  

  The World Bank is due to return to the bond markets for around $5bn by the end of June, as the issuer seeks to complete its funding programme by the end of its fiscal year.

  • 23 May 2019

• NatWest Markets SSA DCM head set for Brexit relocation

  

  The head of sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) debt capital markets at NatWest Markets will move to the bank’s Paris office over the summer as part of preparations for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, GlobalCapital understands.

  • 23 May 2019

• GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2019 : the winners

  

  GlobalCapital revealed the winners of its 2019 Bond Awards at its annual Bond Awards Dinner at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London on May 22. The complete results are below. GlobalCapital congratulates all the winners and nominees.

  • 23 May 2019

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