TD Securities
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A global equity sell-off mid-week caused some jitters among bankers covering a live Kommunalbanken dollar deal on Wednesday, but the nervousness proved unfounded as the trade came through to acclaim. The deal was typical in a week where SSAs priced tight and with big books despite choppy wider markets. -
SSAs are enjoying strong conditions in dollars, with KfW and the Province of Ontario finding plentiful demand on Wednesday despite bringing deals that on-looking bankers said were “pretty much” in line with secondaries. Kommunalbanken will price a dollar benchmark on Thursday that leads said was following a similar pattern.
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American data centre owner Digital Realty extended its sterling corporate bond curve on Wednesday. The issuer’s fourth deal in sterling showed no sign of investor fatigue.
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KfW and the Province of Ontario will hit separate parts of the dollar curve on Wednesday, with the former circulating what one on-looking banker described as “punchy” price thoughts. The deals followed a well-received floating rate note from a German Land that doubled in size.
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Asian Development Bank received large demand for its inaugural Sonia-linked floater on Tuesday, despite offering no new issue concession. The supranational saw a number of new accounts and was able to increase the size of the deal to set the largest volume it has sold in sterling to date.
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Asian Development Bank was aggressive with the pricing of its inaugural Sonia-linked floater on Tuesday by offering no new issue premium, according to SSA bankers. Nevertheless, the supranational was able to attract more than ample interest, allowing it to increase the size of the deal.
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Asian Development Bank is set to become the third supranational to issue a Sonia-linked floater, after mandating banks on Monday for a new five year.
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A shift in the euro/dollar basis swap means more euro funders could look at dollars, according to SSA bankers. Upcoming Asian holidays are likely to jumbo deals, but there could be room for smaller, cheaper names — with one of those issuers getting a rampant reception this week.
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TD Securities has hired a FIG banker from Barclays into a new job in its European origination team
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NRW.Bank nipped in ahead of this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting to tap keen investor interest in dollars on Wednesday, pricing a deal that on-looking bankers said was flat to its curve.
