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Public sector borrowers found buckets of dollar demand on Tuesday, as a French agency sold its largest ever benchmark in the currency and a supranational printed a trade at the upper end of its historical size range. Another supra is lined up to test whether that demand will hold on Wednesday. -
A pair of public sector borrowers are bringing short end dollar benchmarks as ever widening swap spreads support trades at that part of the curve.
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Public sector borrowers are finding funding conditions beyond their wildest dreams, with not just last year’s staples of dollars, euros, sterling and Australian dollars on offer across the curve but the Canadian and New Zealand currencies coming into play too.
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Public sector issuers rounded out a superlative week for dollars with sparkling results across the curve on Thursday. Bankers are confident that issuers wishing to print in the coming weeks should find that investor demand outweighs any of the political concerns that brought volatility to rates over the last few days.
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The Inter-American Development Bank provided further proof on Wednesday that there is deep demand at the five year part of the dollar curve — but another supranational is stepping up to test the long end of the currency for the first time this year.
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The Asian Development Bank's minimum NZ$200m ($143.6m) five year Kauri bond has grown to NZ$500m, indicating strong demand in the mid-part of the New Zealand dollar curve.
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Asian Development Bank's minimum NZ$200m ($143.6m) five year Kauri bond has grown to NZ$350m, with books still open until Tuesday.
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It has been an active week for Australian dollars, with the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank both selling in the middle of the curve.
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Three issuers have been active in the Australian dollar market so far this week, including two borrowers targeting deals in socially responsible formats.
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The Asian Development bank has issued its first bond to finance projects promoting women’s empowerment in Asia and the Pacific.
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Last week was a momentous one for dollar borrowing in the SSA market. The European Stability Mechanism made its long awaited debut in dollars, swiftly followed by a pair of rare 10 year transactions. Read on to see how the BondMarker voters rated the deals.
