World Bank
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World Bank returned to the euro benchmark market for the first time since October 2016 on Wednesday, amid an attractive euro/dollar basis swap for dollar funders. -
The World Bank has chosen leads to run a euro benchmark that will be the first from the borrower in nearly two years.
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World Bank’s $5bn July 2021 was the solitary benchmark available for BondMarker scoring in the week commencing July 16 — and voters rewarded the supranational for picking a window that it had all to itself.
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SSA issuance in Canadian dollars is enjoying a renaissance, with a pair of deals this week taking July to a record monthly volume and a tenor last seen several years ago returning.
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The World Bank sold a sustainable development bond in Canadian dollars on Thursday that took issuance in the currency from non-Canadian SSAs in July to its busiest month ever.
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The World Bank is keen to bring a euro benchmark this year, having been absent from that segment for nearly two years. The supranational this week made a triumphant return to dollars, setting a 2018 record for the tightest swap spread on a three year dollar benchmark so far.
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World Bank on Wednesday returned following an eight month absence in dollar benchmark funding to print the tightest spread on a three year dollar deal from an SSA this year.
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World Bank could set a new spread tight for the calendar year in the short end of the dollar market, after sending out initial price thoughts for a three year global benchmark on Tuesday.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress various supranationals have made in their funding programmes.
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Products offering investors the chance to protect their returns from rising rates are making a comeback in the MTN world after years of dormancy thanks to the interest rate environment.
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Southern Gas Corridor, the 3,500km pipeline system costing $45bn that will run through Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Italy, has signed a syndicated loan with guarantees totalling $750m-equivalent, as it begins its first commercial deliveries to Turkey.
