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◆ New sterling five year lands after BoE Level B upgrade ◆ Dollar FRN 'snowball' as $2bn raised ◆ Callable issuance steady as zero structures cool
◆ EDC prints tightest US dollar deal from a Canadian this year ◆ Tight spread to US Treasuries 'looks good for Canada risk' ◆ World Bank mandates seven year dollar floater
◆ EDC had originally considered last week for dollar deal ◆ Favourable dollar funding could tempt European SSAs ◆ Five year tenor safer option
◆ Curve inversion 'vividly' debated for 15 year print ◆ 'Structural shortage' of French agency paper ◆ Prefunding under consideration ahead of 2027 French political risk
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten included its environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in a mandate announcement for its upcoming sustainability bond on Monday, following in the footsteps of KfW which kickstarted the movement with its green bond tap last week. -
Two SSA borrowers are coming to the market for euro deals on Tuesday. The European Financial Stability Facility and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt will both print what are likely to be their final benchmarks of the year.
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Citigroup is forming a new EMEA sustainable banking team and has hired a senior sustainable banking expert who had spent two years away from the firm, working for a supranational.
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KfW’s inclusion of ESG ratings in a term sheet might seem a superficial step — just one more disclosure of another piece of publicly available data — but it is a step towards a more sensible system of socially responsible investment.
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KfW made a simple but potentially significant step in the evolution of bond markets this week as it became the first borrower to highlight its environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in term sheets for a bond issue, from the mandate announcement to the final pricing details. SSA bankers and issuers have applauded the move and other public sector borrowers are looking to follow, writes Burhan Khadbai.
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A pair of public sector borrowers hit the dollar market this week, pulling off strong deals at three and five years. Both enjoyed a clear field as euro-based borrowers stuck to their home currency thanks to an unpalatable basis swap rate.
