KfW
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New issue premiums almost seem to be a thing of the past in this week’s dollar market. As one head of SSA DCM put it: “the secondary market is just too cheap for primary”. -
Sweden has joined the throng of SSA borrowers making up for the dollar market's weak start to the year, bringing its first deal in the currency for over a year. It follows a trio of new issues that achieved tight spreads.
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The UK’s future may be impossible to fathom as the beyond-satirical story of Brexit drags on, but public sector borrowers printing in the country’s currency can be certain that this will be a year of tumbling records, with volumes soaring and average sizes rocketing. While strong technical factors are behind much of the demand, some SSA bankers say that a willingness by issuers to treat execution in the currency like that in euros and dollars has bolstered sterling’s standing.
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KfW made a strong return to the Canadian dollar market on Thursday after 3.5 years away from the currency, as it tightened pricing on its comeback deal. The German agency came alongside a green bond in the currency from a Canadian province.
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KfW and Québec will bring Canadian dollar bonds to the market on Thursday, with the former looking to issue in the currency for the first time since 2015.
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KfW found plenty of appetite in the sterling market on Monday, allowing it to increase its target size during the book build for a tap, before printing an even larger size of £750m. FMS Wertmanagement will add to the sterling supply on Tuesday after picking banks for its second fixed rate benchmark in the currency this year.
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KfW set yet another landmark for a supranational and agency sterling market enjoying its best ever start to the year, as the German borrower drew a big book while placing the longest dated new issue of the year so far on Wednesday.
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KfW set yet another landmark for a supranational and agency sterling market enjoying its best ever start to the year, as the German borrower drew a big book while placing the longest dated new issue of the year so far on Wednesday.
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The UK Debt Management Office showed no effects from the ‘noisy UK environment’ to comfortably conclude its 2018/19 syndicated programme on Tuesday. KfW will add to the sterling SSA supply this week after picking banks for its third benchmark in the currency this year.
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Euro agencies favoured fives over the last seven days, as KfW smashed its order record and a pair of French agencies brought taps at sizes multiple times their target. With some SSA bankers saying conditions are the best they have ever seen, supply looks likely to keep coming.
