TD Securities
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Toronto Dominion became the third Canadian bank to issue a sterling covered bond benchmark this year with a deal launched on Monday. Despite an attractive spread, the book was slow to build and the deal size looked set to be smaller than average.
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The Province of Ontario and Rentenbank tapped bonds at the long end of the Kangaroo curve this week, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) mandated banks for a new Australian dollar bond.
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The market for socially responsible investment (SRI) bonds is enjoying a burst of activity, as sub-sovereign borrowers from both sides of the Atlantic hit screens in green.
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The Asian Development Bank is set to issue a 10.5 year Australian dollar bond on Friday.
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KfW and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development took full advantage of a strong environment to sell dollar benchmarks on Tuesday. Further dollar issuance is rumoured this week — with conditions so good that deals may come despite potential volatility from US president Donald Trump making his first speech to Congress during the New York evening on Tuesday night.
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Sustainability bonds are the flavour of the week for regional issuers, as the State of North Rhine-Westphalia smashed the size record for sub-sovereign SRI bonds on Tuesday and Île-de-France hit screens to announce its own socially responsible investment bond.
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The public sector dollar market is showing a few signs of life this week as KfW and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development picked banks for benchmarks, while the Bank of England launched its annual foray in the currency.
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The Province of Quebec is set to follow its neighbour Ontario into green bond issuance, opening books for the inaugural bond on Thursday.
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The Province of Quebec is set to follow its neighbour Ontario into green bond issuance, after hiring banks to run a roadshow for a potential deal in its home currency.
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