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◆ Scaled-back bank treasuries snap up rare seven year floater ◆ Dollar FRN drought eases as World Bank extends curve ◆ Floater lands inside fixed rate funding levels
◆ 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
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2019 funding programmes.
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The green bond market is going through one of its most intense periods, with a wide variety of high profile issuers joining the market. But there are also hints of novelty in the market. The Netherlands and KfW have used systems for classifying green investors, while Germany is considering a radical idea: whether Bunds could be issued with detachable green certificates. Jon Hay reports.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday that it was charging Robert C. Morgan, a commercial real estate developer who carried out substantial business with the government sponsored agencies' CMBS platforms, with Ponzi scheme-like fraud. The regulator has demanded an asset freeze and other civil penalties.
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Spreads over Treasuries on supranational and agency trades shrank to record low levels this week, with the World Bank raising debt just a hair’s width wide of US government debt. Market watchers reckon the good times for issuers are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
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The recent redemption of a Norwegian government bond has led to an increase in Nordic currency issuance this week, according to one MTN banker. The European Investment Bank and KfW tapped these released funds to raise a combined Nkr1.5bn ($171.2m).
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Société du Grand Paris (SGP) issued a 30 year bond on Thursday which extends its benchmark curve from 2034 to 2050.