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Large auctions, new 30 year and ‘two-lens' pricing approach among key expectations for bloc’s July-December funding
◆ DMO chief Jessica Pulay on why 2041s won out ◆ Swift execution 'a hallmark' of transaction ◆ Cover ratio slips but breadth holds firm
◆ Debate whether priced through US Treasuries ◆ Tighter than fixed ◆ Tenor handed investors optically pleasing spread
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Switzerland's cantonal banks enjoyed an open window this week thanks to Pfandbriefzentrale's extended stint away from the market. Elsewhere, the Canton of Zurich was able to harness the lack of sub-sovereign supply to land at an aggressive level versus govvies. -
Equity and debt markets were fretting on Thursday over the implications of new US sanctions against Russia. A prohibition of US investment in Russian sovereign bonds marked an escalation in tensions, threatening sovereign borrowing costs. It could also damage Russian companies’ chances of funding in the capital markets, write Mariam Meskin and Sam Kerr.
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Norwegian krone SSA supply is outpacing Swedish kronor so far this year, driven in part by a demand for zero risk weighted assets in the market. Among the latest names to access the Norwegian market is the African Development Bank, which sold a new social bond as part of a dual-currency issue.
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The European Commission is set to put forward a new solution to the intense battle over the EU's sustainable finance Taxonomy, between green finance supporters and EU member states that want to safeguard their plans to use gas, GlobalCapital has learned. This would appear to involve leaving gas out of the sustainable category of the Taxonomy, as environmentalists have demanded, and making a "separate legislative proposal" to deal with gas and nuclear power.
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TCX is working with the European Commission to encourage more local currency lending. The experimental project will reduce the costs of cross-currency basis swaps for development lending.
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GlobalCapital is conducting its annual poll to determine its Bond Awards 2021. The voting deadline has been extended until April 22, so we invite readers who have not voted yet to do so in the coming week.
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
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