World Bank
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World Bank double-dipped this week, hitting the sterling market on Monday and the dollar market on Tuesday, focusing its efforts longer in the curve to increase the duration of its portfolio. -
The Asian Development Bank made its first foray into the Pakistani rupee market this week, tapping a growing appetite for frontier currency-linked paper.
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Dollars was the flavour of the day for public sector borrowers on Tuesday as three issuers headed to the currency, raising a combined $12bn. Two more SSAs will follow with dollar deals on Wednesday.
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A pair of SSA issuers are targeting two separate sectors of the dollar market on Tuesday.
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A Joe Biden White House offers an opportunity for international and regional multilateral financial institutions to lobby for extra financing to deliver essential assistance to countries hit by Covid-19, according to experts.
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World Bank gave the flagging volumes in the SSA Kangaroo bond market a huge boost this week by printing the biggest ever bond in the sector in a single outing with a combined A$1.65bn ($1.19bn) deal across two tranches.
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World Bank announced a dual tranche in Australian dollars on Monday — its first syndication in the currency in 2020.
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This week in Keeping Tabs: the role of debt management offices in green policy, and an update on EU countries' use of capital markets.
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World Bank took size with its second ever euro 30 year benchmark on Tuesday, achieving a far more impressive outcome than its debut deal in that part of the curve last year.
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