German Sovereign
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The European Financial Stability Facility finished its €5bn Q3 funding programme on Wednesday with a €1bn tap of an October 2026 line in an auction. The European Investment Bank was also in the market on Thursday adding to a Climate Awareness Bond. -
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Investors turned out in force as KfW brought its first benchmark green bond of the year this week. The strong demand allowed the German agency to print its joint biggest ever green bond on the back of its largest ever order book for such a deal along with an attractive pricing advantage over a conventional bond.
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KfW made a strong return to the benchmark green bond market on Tuesday, taking advantage of a more attractive pricing dynamic for green bonds over conventional issuance compared to earlier in the year.
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KfW will lead the charge in the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a €3bn green bond that will match its biggest ever deal in the format. Eurofima and the State of Berlin are also preparing to bring bonds to the euro market.
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At the end of June GlobalCapital and DZ Bank brought together some of Germany’s leading public sector bond issuers to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their capital markets activities. Four months after the crisis began to be felt in Germany, representatives of the country’s development banks and Länder have come through the initial panic and reaction stage and are now beginning to understand more fully the extent of the damage the disease has caused to the economy and just how much their day-to-day lives have changed.
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Investors piled into KfW’s first dollar benchmark in six months on Tuesday, allowing the issuer to break the order book record for SSA dollar benchmarks.
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Niedersachsen Invest GmbH, the financing vehicle 100% guaranteed by the State of Lower Saxony with a policy mission for the recapitalisation and long-term restructuring of NordLB, received a strong reception from investors for its debut bond on Monday.
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KfW mandated banks on Monday for a highly anticipated return to the dollar market following its previous benchmark in the currency back in January. The German agency will be joined in dollars by the Asian Development Bank, which is preparing a three year trade.
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While the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences are still a global threat, new sources of funds have enabled KfW to reduce its capital markets requirement for 2020. The German promotional bank's treasurer, Tim Armbruster, and head of capital markets Petra Wehlert discussed the matter with GlobalCapital.
