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◆ Debut seven year priced through issuer's dollar curve, leads say ◆ Green label and no-grow size steady IFC through selloff ◆ Rival banker questions wisdom of July inaugural
◆ Steep government curve means investors need less spread on top ◆ French spreads widen, but AFD tightens ◆ Fair value 'a fluid concept' on inverted curve
◆ Early order book built before Middle East risk returned ◆ Seven year spread held steady as 'insurance' against volatility ◆ Format chosen to avoid straining 'finite pool of liquidity'
◆ Issuer brings another pre-summer deal to fund enlarged programme ◆ Tightening possible despite weakened backdrop ◆ Book not huge but quality 'extremely high', spreads 'decent' to KfW and Land NRW
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The Asian Development Bank brought a pair of new themed bonds to the market this week, printing its first gender bond in Kazakhstani tenge as well as its first education bond. -
Gilt yields jumped this week after the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee sounded more positive than expected, and pushed back any possibility of negative rates by at least six months. But SSA sterling issuance will likely still be sluggish until the cross-currency basis swap improves.
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KfW became the latest in a series of top SSA names to launch an ESG transaction in Canadian dollars, tapping into a growing base of investors in the country.
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Italian prime minister-designate Mario Draghi must walk a knife-edge if he is to form a government and present a national recovery and resilience plan. If he takes too hard a line the mill of Italian politics will chew him up and spit him out. If he is too quick to compromise, the EU’s life as a giant bond issuer may be shorter than hoped.
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The Asian Development Bank has sold its first ever education bond. The proceeds will go towards financing technical and vocational training for educators in the Asia Pacific region.
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The European Investment Bank became the latest SSA to hit the unusually popular 10 year dollar bucket on Tuesday, raising an impressive $4bn. The European supra was joined at five years by a jumbo trade from Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale.
