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Rentenbank increased a tap of a March 2020 Kangaroo line on Wednesday while World Bank tapped a March 2017 deal, as improving cross currency basis swap rates make the short to medium part of the Kangaroo curve attractive for euro and dollar funding borrowers, according to bankers.

Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.

Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.

This week's scorecard features updates on the funding programmes of some of the major supranational borrowers, as AfDB, EBRD and IADB all head past the three-quarter mark for their funding targets.

The World Bank has sold a structured green bond to US retail investors as part of an effort to increase its presence in the domestic market, SSA Markets understands.

Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.

Greece's €1.5bn July 2017 from four weeks ago suffered a near 50bp widening versus Germany over the past week, as investors stormed into the eurozone core. But most safe haven assets like the World Bank's $1.75bn December 2016 from last week tightened against swaps and benchmarks.

The World Bank printed $1.75bn of long two year paper on Thursday evening, 3bp tighter versus swaps than where it borrowed in a similar maturity in June and increased from an original target size of $1bn.

The World Bank was set to price a long two year note on Thursday afternoon at a level well through swaps.

More issuers could follow Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten into the New Zealand dollar market as the country’s rising interest rates create yield grabbing opportunities in the currency, according to a banker who worked on BNG’s NZ$100m ($84.8m) August 2019 Eurobond on Wednesday.

The World Bank could print further dollar private placements linked to CMS rates, as it has received reverse enquiries for the structure despite printing several last week. Other issuers could follow suit as investors bet on the US Federal Reserve increasing interest rates next year.

This week's scorecard features updates on the funding programmes of some of the major supranational borrowers. Read on to see which issuer is almost 40% done already, having begun a new funding programme on July 1.