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◆ Canadian borrower issuing outside BoE collateral rules pays same spread as Quebec ◆ Asset managers lead book as bank treasuries take just a quarter ◆ Second sterling benchmark extends PSP's curve past debut
◆ Supranational breaks through 2bp floor with $7.9bn book ◆ Book grew after spread set ◆ Record print sharpens talk of pricing through Treasuries
◆ Bpifrance funding officials discuss green bond's intraday execution ◆ First deal in ICMA green format since adding five categories to framework ◆ Funding programme 66% complete, with social bond pencilled in for Q4
◆ 'Tremendous books' for bloc's first H2 syndication ◆ First of 10 operations to raise €80bn by December ◆ NIP judged to be less than 2bp
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The European Union mandated banks on Monday for a dual tranche transaction comprising bonds for its Next Generation EU (NGEU), European Financial Stabilisation (EFSM) and Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programmes. -
In the past two years, environmental, social and governance matters, especially climate change, have gone from a fringe issue in capital markets to — almost — the main issue. Banks, investors, companies and governments have shouldered the responsibility of helping move the economy to net zero emissions in 30 years. That duty has joined the fiduciary obligation to make money for customers and shareholders that have been the markets’ main motivation in the past.
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With sovereign ESG bonds passing a clear inflection point, sustainability-linked bonds seeing notable growth and acceptance, and social bonds catapulted forward by a key borrower — the European Union (EU) — that is also poised to boost the green bonds market with an unprecedented €250bn programme, sustainable debt capital markets are reaching a new peak of activity across the capital structure from every issuer and credit type. So what’s driving the current boom and what will follow it?
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KfW has had a strong start to 2021, raising over €50bn in the first six months of the year — around two thirds of its target. The agency will face new challenges in the latter half of the year, particularly in the form of the European Union’s colossal Next Generation funding programme. But treasurer Tim Armbruster, and head of capital markets Petra Wehlert are confident they can navigate the new landscape.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their funding programmes in early July.
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Is finance about to break out of the cocoon in which it has pupated for decades, and become a completely different life form?
