Top Section/Bond comments/Ad
Top Section/Bond comments/Ad
Most recent
◆ Euro deal more than seven times subscribed ◆ New issue premium estimated ◆ Value versus OATs and Spanish agencies
◆ Deal lands at tight level versus SPGBs ◆ Asian and central bank bids ◆ New issue premium estimated
New issue premiums in recent weeks were lower compared to the highs after the Iran-US conflict began
Belgium and two European agencies also mandated, even as the US and Iran failed to reach a peace deal
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
KfW and SFIL printed $4.25bn of debt on Tuesday, with both deals looking as if they paid a few basis points over fair value. That marks a return to new issue premiums in the dollar market for sovereigns, supranationals and agencies. -
BBVA has hired a former MTN banker at Santander as a director in its liability management team.
-
Sustainable finance is bubbling with exciting new initiatives. But making people feel good is not enough. Activity needs to produce results, and so far there is more noise than movement. The tone is far too sedate — it needs some hard core activism to break the torpor.
-
The Islamic Development Bank has announced initial price thoughts for a five year sukuk dollar bond — its first since a euro benchmark in November 2018.
-
Enel and NextEra Energy have, on a pilot basis, become the first companies to obtain one of S&P Global’s new ESG Evaluations. The product, launched last week, takes S&P into direct competition with providers of ESG ratings like MSCI and Sustainalytics — and with Moody’s, which a few days after S&P’s launch acquired Vigeo Eiris, the French-based ESG rating firm.
-
Moody’s has acquired a majority stake in Vigeo Eiris, the environmental, social and governance research and ratings provider, as the credit rating agencies move increasingly into the area of ESG investing. The announcement comes just days after S&P Global launched its new ESG Evaluation product.
