The Netherlands
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Four European agencies, and a New Zealand sub-sovereign found funds in the Kangaroo market this week. Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) on Tuesday priced a 10 year tap of a Kangaroo bond some 10bp tighter than where the original issue priced in January. Bankers said the pricing was an indication of the sheer levels of demand for long dated Kangaroo paper. -
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has raised £150m with a tap of a March 2022 line, ahead of more supply in the currency next week, according to a BNG funding official.
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GarantiBank International (GBI), a Dutch subsidiary of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, has signed a $250m loan that was oversubscribed by 19 banks, according to a banker on the deal.
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Aegon Bank has mandated leads for a €500m no-grow conditional pass-through covered bond and UniCredit's German subsidiary has appointed leads for a six year Pfandbrief.
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Julie Wakkie has joined ABN Amro as head of equity syndicate in Amsterdam.
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TenneT, the Dutch electricity grid company, brought a €1bn dual tranche green bond issue on Monday that was oversubscribed, but by less than other recent deals. However, the quality of the book helped both tranches perform in the secondary market.
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On Monday night, NLFI, the organisation that manages the investments of the Netherlands, completed the sale of another chunk of its stake in ASR Nederland, the insurer nationalised during the financial crisis.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten slam-dunked a single day euro execution on Monday into a market buzzing from a pair of eurozone election results over the weekend. Another two issuers have lined up euro deals — including one debut.
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Tennet, the Dutch electricity grid company, brought a €1bn dual tranche green bond issue today that was oversubscribed, but by less than has been common, suggesting that demand for corporate bonds may be cooling.
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The blossoming market for socially responsible investments focussing on social problems, rather than environmental concerns, sprouted a new shoot this week. Nederlandse Waterschapsbank’s affordable housing bond could be the first of many of its type and may open the door for housing associations to sell social bonds.
