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World Bank has reopened the 10 year part of the dollar curve, with other public sector issuers keen to follow it into the tenor. -
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BMW returned to the Norwegian krone on Wednesday after a two year absence. The market has become more attractive for European issuers as the currency and FX swap levels recover after a period of unstable oil prices.
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The World Bank will on Thursday attempt to resurrect the 10 year part of the dollar curve, a sector that has had next to no benchmark issuance from top tier issuers in the second half of the year.
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Investors are still hungry to put their money to work in short dated dollars after a bumper last week, with the European Investment Bank on Tuesday set to price a $4.5bn three year bond and the African Development Bank mandating for a two year benchmark.
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The European Investment Bank was first into the dollar market this week with a three year mandate, the maturity of choice for dollar issuers over the last few weeks. Export Development Canada last Friday sold the first five year dollar benchmark from SSA in several weeks and, while it went well, bankers do not expect other issuers to follow suit.
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The European Stability Mechanism is close to deciding on the format its first dollar benchmark will be printed in, while a deal due this Friday could open up to longer dated tenors what has already been an extremely strong dollar market in the three year part of the curve.
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Export Development Canada will on Friday join a rampant dollar benchmark market and could open end up giving issuers more options after choosing a more daring maturity than those executed in the last few weeks.
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Rentenbank tapped its new 10 year Kangaroo line for A$50m ($37.8m) on Tuesday. Attracting a mixture of Asian accounts, the agency's long dated paper pulled in a wide range of investors.
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The Inter-American Development Bank, a Canadian sub-sovereign and two Danish agencies offered chunky issuance to the Kangaroo market this week. The SSAs took advantage of Asian accounts looking to work their cash at the 10 year part of the Australian dollar curve.
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The Canadian province of Quebec added a 10th tap to its May 2026 Kangaroo line on Wednesday. The lead praised the borrower's swift execution of Kangaroo taps at the longer end of the curve.
