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◆ Eurofima made rare visit to euro four year conventional curve ◆ New issue premium estimated ◆ Region Wallonne grabs solid order book
Mandates from Eurofima, Germany, Wallonia and the Free State of Thuringia
The bloc's funding update and trio of central bank meetings held the SSA market's attention on Wednesday-Thursday
Jun Dumolard, head of funding and investor relations at EFSF, discusses the institution's recent euro seven year trade
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German agency L-Bank steamed into the dim sum bond market on Tuesday to print what could be the start of a new flurry of offshore renminbi issuance. -
This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress of Europe's supranationals and agencies in early April.
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Bank of Nova Scotia was set to price a €1.25bn three year covered bond tap 25bp wider than indicative secondary levels on Thursday, its third foray in euros this year and the 19th Canadian covered bond to be issued globally in 2020. The deals are in keeping with an exceptional volume of cheaply priced Canadian public ssector bond issuance and highlight a unique set of challenges for the country's borrowers, related to sinking oil prices, an inflexible central bank and the impact of Covid-19.
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was the latest public sector agency to head to the euro market this week as it raised €1.5bn on Wednesday with a 10 year benchmark. While the deal was fully subscribed, the order book was not huge and the pricing did not tighten from guidance, indicating that the market may be slowing.
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Infrequent issuers are slowly returning to the Swiss franc market. During the past week, Eurofima brought its first Swissies deal in six years, while biotech firm Lonza printed its first bond in any currency since 2017.
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Social bonds are proving to be a key part of SSAs fight against the coronavirus, with $10.6bn equivalent printed since the start of the pandemic. Having already tapped core currency markets last month, this week a pair of supranationals turned towards niche currencies to fund their response to the pandemic. With demand for the social format high, both bankers and funding officials are hopeful the new investor interest will stick around after the pandemic passes.
