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World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
◆ Issuer plans regular appearance after 'warm welcome' ◆ Two euro bonds yet to come ◆ Inaugural covered deal not expected until late 2027
◆ Five year dollars preferred over euros ◆ New US investors in book ◆ Zero coupon structures suit ALM needs
◆ Issuer typically funds in dollars ◆ ESG euro bond had been in the pipeline ◆ Premium paid to leave room for performance
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Swedish Export Credit Corporation on Thursday became sold the third three year dollar deal by a public sector borrower in as many days, showing ample demand for the short end of the dollar curve. -
Korea Development Bank has set a new benchmark for Asia by selling the region’s first SEC-registered Sofr-linked floating rate dollar note. It gives further momentum to the use of the new Libor replacement rate, amid an expected spurt in FRN issuance due to volatility in interest rates. Morgan Davis reports.
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Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) ended a 10-year absence from the dollar bond market for a $300m deal on Tuesday, managing to woo investors with just a small premium.
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UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak is preparing to unveil his latest budget on Wednesday. Leaks point to a package of tax hikes and spending cuts. But a repeat of the discredited model that the Conservative Party, of which he is a member, embraced to tackle the 2008-2009 financial crisis would miss a huge opportunity to finance growth just when borrowing costs are as low as they will ever be. Austerity will prove a false economy that drives investment elsewhere.
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KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.
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Sameer Rehman, director of debt and capital markets at TD Securities in London, is heading back to Toronto after 12 years in the UK to focus on Canadian public sector borrowers.
