Scotiabank
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Lancashire Holdings issued its first subordinated bond this week, a Reg S dollar tier two. There has been a near complete absence of insurance capital trades from the euro and dollar markets so far this year, but bankers are confident that more will follow. -
KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.
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Four public sector borrowers announced new deals in the primary market on Monday ahead of the European Union’s much anticipated second transaction from its Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency programme this year, which is expected to arrive later in the week.
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World Bank sold a Canadian dollar benchmark on Tuesday, raising C$1.5bn ($1.2bn) with a January 2026 line.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank and Kommuninvest will both take to the dollar market this week, sneaking in ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development landed $1.5bn of five year paper on Wednesday — $500m more than it was originally targeting, thanks to stronger than anticipated demand.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten concluded its benchmark funding programme for the year on Tuesday with a dollar sustainability bond that garnered the issuer's bigger ever order book in the currency.
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Dollars was the flavour of the day for public sector borrowers on Tuesday as three issuers headed to the currency, raising a combined $12bn. Two more SSAs will follow with dollar deals on Wednesday.
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Italy held a series of investor calls on Thursday in preparation for a trip to the dollar bond market. Italy returned to the currency last year after almost a decade away, and announced that it intends to access the market every year.
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Eurofima, the supranational institution that finances European rolling stock, will become the first public sector borrower to test investors’ appetite for dollar bonds following the US presidential election.
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The World Bank visited the Maple market on Thursday to print the largest ever seven year Canadian dollar bond from a non-domestic issuer, raising C$750m ($569.8m) with a new sustainable development bond (SDB).
