Asian Development Bank ADB
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A pair of rare SSA names kept Kangaroo and Kauri bond supply ticking over this week, as Asian investor appetite drove demand. -
The Asian Development Bank added to a busy few weeks in the Kauri market with a NZ$200m ($140m) five year note on Wednesday.
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An increase in swap spreads at the short end of the curve drove public sector issuers to focus their attention on shorter maturities in the dollar market this week.
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The Province of Ontario is to hit the dollar market on Wednesday with a 10 year benchmark while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank printed deals on Tuesday, as bankers noted the popularity of dual tranche deals in the currency.
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The Asian Development Bank and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank hit screens with dollar deals on Monday, with ADB adding more supply to a burst of dual tranche trades that included deals last week by the World Bank and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
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Asian Development Bank printed a A$225m ($170.8m) 10 year bond on Thursday, the largest issue size in this tenor from an SSA borrower in the Australian dollar market since 2014.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten brought a 10 year dollar benchmark this week that sparked much debate about whether other issuers would be able to follow in the tenor. Although with a flurry of other trades this week, it is clear that other options are available once next week’s US Federal Reserve meeting is held.
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There was a double breakthrough in dollars for public sector borrowers on Tuesday, as Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten reopened the 10 year part of the curve for core issuers for the first time in seven months and Sweden priced the tightest three year benchmark since the first week of the year.
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The Bank of England has printed $2bn of three year paper from a heavily oversubscribed book, as fears of a UK exit from the European Union showed no impact on the central bank’s bonds.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten is this week set to be only the second issuer in 2016 to attempt a 10 year dollar benchmark, while a trio of other SSAs are also entering a dollar market bouncing from strong US jobs data on March 4.
