Asian Development Bank ADB
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The Asian Development Bank is marketing a five year renminbi-denominated bond, as it looks to raise Rmb2bn ($307m) from its first outing in the onshore China market in over a decade. -
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank issued its second bond in Indian rupees via a private placement this week. Elsewhere, as rates rise, MTN dealers are finding attractive opportunities in other key Asian markets.
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Two top tier SSA borrowers hit opposite ends of the curve on Wednesday. Asian Development Bank launched a trade at the 10 year tenor, braving a sharp sell-off in US Treasuries. KfW appeared at the short end of the curve where only a handful of borrowers have printed this year.
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The Asian Development Bank brought a pair of new themed bonds to the market this week, printing its first gender bond in Kazakhstani tenge as well as its first education bond.
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The Asian Development Bank has sold its first ever education bond. The proceeds will go towards financing technical and vocational training for educators in the Asia Pacific region.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes at the start of February.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, February 1. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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The Asian Development Bank took advantage of strong investor appetite in the dollar bond market on Wednesday to make a deal that matched the spread Oesterreichische Kontrollbank paid on a five year dollar issue on Tuesday.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hired banks to arrange a roadshow for its first Panda bond in over a decade, to be launched after Chinese New Year.
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The V20 group of finance ministers from countries especially vulnerable to climate change has prepared a Climate Prosperity Plan — analogous to a green new deal — which it hopes will help member countries devise 10 year investment plans to recover from Covid-19 while becoming more climate-resilient.
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Italy returned to the private placement market to print one of the year’s largest MTNs on Thursday. The deal stood out this week, since issuance in the market has started to wind down ahead of Christmas.
