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World Bank capped off a series of 10 year dollar benchmarks from SSA issuers, on Tuesday, with the tightest spread to mid-swaps and US Treasuries in the tenor for at least two years. But further benchmark issuance in the currency — other than a rumoured Canadian deal — is unlikely, with issuers well-funded and investors winding down for the year. -
Singapore’s green bond market cracked open a bit further on Tuesday when Canadian life insurer Manulife Financial Corp sold a S$500m ($367.5m) tier two bond, only the second green deal in the currency.
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Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial Corp kicked off a Singapore dollar-denominated subordinated green bond sale on Tuesday morning local time.
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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.
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Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial Corp has named banks to lead a Singapore dollar-denominated subordinated green bond.
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Public sector borrowers have crammed more dollar deals into Tuesday than are sometimes seen in a week. But far from suffering from too much choice, investors gobbled up everything on offer — and bankers expect them to do just the same for two deals on Wednesday’s menu.
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Rentenbank will tap a resurgent long end dollar market on Tuesday, alongside a rare appearance in the currency from the Canadian sovereign in fives and a French agency in threes. This is only the second time in nearly two and a half years that issuers have peppered the whole of the dollar curve on the same day.
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After several months without any long end dollar benchmark bonds from public sector issuers, two came along at once this week — bolstering confidence that conditions are right for a borrower to print in jumbo size in the tenor for the first time in more than two years.
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The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) brought its long awaited inaugural dollar transaction to market on Tuesday during a period of feverish activity in a dollar market that is “going from strength to strength”, according to one SSA banker.
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The European Stability Mechanism is finally set to come to market to sell its first ever dollar bond, lining up for a transaction on Tuesday alongside two SSAs looking to access the rare 10 year dollar tenor.
