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Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
◆ First dollar benchmark from World Bank since October 2025 ◆ 'Remarkable' size and spread achieved ◆ IDA jumps through hoops to issue SEC exempt deal
◆ CEB lands tight to Treasuries ◆ 4% coupon lures some buyers ◆ Cades orders above $13bn
◆ Issuer sets 'interesting benchmark' for peers ◆ New issue premium estimated ◆ EIB dollar FRN 'very impressive'
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The European Stability Mechanism has softened the eligibility criteria for its precautionary credit lines under a eurozone reform package sealed by the European Union on Tuesday. -
The European Union was the sole public sector borrower in the market on Tuesday, reopening its April 2033s in a week that bankers said is likely to be the “last very good window” for issuance before the end of the year.
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UBI Banca includes financing for "religious entities" as an eligible category under its new social bonds framework, listing eligible organisations as those “aiming at reducing exclusions and inequalities”. But it would take a miracle for the world’s largest religions — with their central tenets of ‘we’re special and you’re not’ — to meet that requirement, raising the question of who actually qualifies.
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The EU moved a step forward on its tortuous path towards completing its Banking Union on Monday night. Finance ministers agreed on some details relating to a backstop for the fund for resolving banks, but have not yet shown any sign of agreeing on a common deposit insurance scheme.
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LBBW has hired an origination and syndication banker for its SSA team in Stuttgart, which now comprises five people.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2018 funding programmes as the end of the year approaches. Some of the agencies have also published their funding targets for 2019.
