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'Dead quiet' few weeks will benefit issuers as excess bonds need absorption before issuance starts to ‘fire on all cylinders’ from August 17
Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach
◆ 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
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The European Investment Bank this week brought its first dollar floating rate note linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) — the likely replacement for dollar Libor — and set two landmarks for the fledgling benchmark. But one of those, on the coupon calculation, truly sets it apart from the other Sofr FRNs to come so far. As Craig McGlashan reports, it also creates an intriguing market choice as the financial sector prepares for a world without Libor. -
The deal agreed by Theresa May, prime minister, for the UK's exit from the European Union has brought issuance of sterling bonds, equity and loans to a juddering halt, which could extend into 2019. Nigel Owen reports.
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The sterling public sector bond market will head into the new year with a turbulent backdrop from the UK’s impending exit from the European Union. The market has shut early because of Brexit-induced volatility, and issuers and investors have adopted a wait and see approach before making 2019 plans.
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The African Development Bank will look to issue its first bonds in renminbi and Zambian kwacha next year.
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BNP Paribas has made an internal appointment for a sustainability research analyst in its recently launched markets research platform.
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The European Investment Bank changed up the coupon structure for its first floating rate note linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) on Wednesday. But some onlooking bankers warned that different coupon structures could be “unhelpful” in the development of the new benchmark.
