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Bonds targeting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are set to become a bigger part of the socially responsible investment universe, according to one investor. -
Rates in Australian dollars are compelling compared to most currencies, which has aided long-end demand and allowed for a bumper outing by a supranational this week.
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Issuance of Indian rupee MTNs is at record levels this year, with dealers citing higher yields and a stable exchange rate for the flows. Elsewhere in the market, Malaysian ringgit has made an appearance for the first time this year.
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Rates in Australian dollars are compelling compared to most currencies, which has aided long-end interest and allowed for a bumper outing by a supranational.
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A superlative start to the year for the SSA sterling market has caught the eye of BondMarker voters. Read on to see how those deals — as well as a glut of euro and dollar trades — fared with voters.
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Sterling conditions are searing hot for public sector borrowers, with records breaking left, right and centre. And despite investors taking large volumes out of the market, SSA bankers are confident that more supply can be handled.
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Big central bank and bank treasury demand, alongside good liquidity in the sterling/dollar cross currency basis swap and issuers’ willingness to print large deals, are driving the strongest ever start for the sterling SSA market — and a record trade for World Bank.
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The World Bank is set to become the latest public sector borrower to visit the sterling market, following the European Investment Bank’s £1bn trade on Tuesday.
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World Bank issued a rare benchmark Canadian dollar bond this week, raising C$1bn ($802m) with a sustainable development deal in a strong week for niche currency sales from SSA borrowers that also included several Australian and New Zealand dollar deals.
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Nigeria has become the first government in Africa to issue a green bond, with a N10.69bn ($29m) five year issue led by Chapel Hill Denham, a local investment bank.
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SSA bankers looking to get their Christmas shopping in early were in a state of shock on Tuesday, as the World Bank brought a dollar deal to follow the Province of New Brunswick’s return to the currency after a six year hiatus. But that could be it for 2017 as issuance is unlikely next week, which is bisected by a Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
