The Netherlands
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The European Financial Stability Facility is the biggest confirmed name for euro issuance next week, with a wide variety of trade options open to it, according to bankers.
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There was a steady stream of sterling deals in the supranational and agency market this week, amid confidence that volumes will keep up until the UK’s referendum on European Union membership is imminent.
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Caja Rural de Castilla-La Mancha this week issued the first Cédulas in more than two months and swept aside concerns that peripheral issuers would need to pay lavish new issue concessions.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank showed the bid for duration in euros is alive and well, after a rapid book build on Thursday on its debut 20 year euro syndication, while a French agency lined up a dual tranche deal. -
Shares in Van Lanschot, the Dutch investment bank that is transforming itself into a pure wealth manager, have traded fairly stably as its ‘re-IPO’ has been announced and got under way this week.
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Export Development Canada is set to join what one SSA banker described as a “ridiculous” dollar market, where issuers are selling in big size and with little or no new issue premiums.
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Export Development Canada sold its largest bond in sterling in over two years on Wednesday as investor appetite for the currency showed little sign of abating.
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A slumbering euro market for core issuers kicked into life on Wednesday, as Nederlandse Waterschapsbank looked to take advantage of a strong bid for duration and the European Financial Stability Facility sent out a request for proposals for its deal window next week.
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Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.
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The vogue for gym IPOs looks set to continue, with Basic-Fit of the Netherlands announcing an intention to float on Tuesday.
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World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.
