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The calculation agent for a catastrophe bond issued by Peru and the World Bank has determined that the South American country will receive $60m from the notes after an earthquake struck last month, according to a source close to the deal. -
Bond yields were in free-fall this week after the world’s two major central banks suggested they might ease their monetary policies further to prevent an economic downturn. With masses of global debt now yielding below 0%, some corporate and financial borrowers are standing on the brink of having to issue shorter term paper at negative rates.
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European Central Bank president Mario Draghi on Tuesday may have set the course for primary bond markets in the near term but his organisation is at the heart of a project that could reshape them forever. The ECB spoke exclusively this week to Burhan Khadbai about the European Distribution of Debt Instruments (EDDI) project and what it means for the future of capital markets.
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SSA issuers are increasingly looking towards the Norwegian krone market as a hawkish Norges Bank, against the tide, raises rates. The European Investment Bank in particular has sharply increased its Nokkie issuance this year.
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Issuance in Swedish kronor picked up this week, with three corporate issuers placing Skr6.28bn ($667.9m) across four private placements, as issuers looked to get in ahead of the midsummer break. In euros, a Dutch and French agency both placed paper, while protests in Hong Kong caused yields to spike in offshore Chinese renminbi and Hong Kong dollars.
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A big week of central bank signalling has left analysts scrabbling to work out when and by how much the US Federal Reserve will cut rates this year, after Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting opened the door for as much as a 50bp cut in July.
