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SSA
IFFIm hits screens ahead of US election
The International Finance Facility for Immunisation is lining up its first dollar benchmark since April 2019, selling into a market crowded with borrowers looking for short dated taps.
28 Oct 2020
SSA
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The View
Guest view: The ECB can axe Alberta bonds’ repo eligibility
GlobalCapital has argued that it is not the ECB’s job to exclude individual borrowers’ bonds from its list of repo-eligible securities on environmental grounds, in response to our call for the Province of Alberta’s debt to be removed from its list of eligible marketable assets (EMA).
28 Oct 2020 -
The View
ECB can't pick and choose, even for the environment
An ESG think tank believes that the European Central Bank should drop Alberta’s euro bonds from its list of eligible marketable assets, as a punishment for its support for polluting industries.
27 Oct 2020 -
Supranationals & Agencies
Flurry of taps in euros as ECB approaches
Four borrowers hit the euro market on Wednesday, focusing on taps and small new lines.
28 Oct 2020 -
Supranationals & Agencies
ADB trades on looming Aussie QE
Asian Development Bank printed the largest SSA kangaroo benchmark of the year on Tuesday, taking advantage of a brief issuance window and capitalising on expectations of the start of quantitative easing in Australia.
28 Oct 2020 -
SSA
Korea Land ends dollar hiatus with social bond
Korea Land & Housing Corp has broken a six-year absence from the dollar debt market to raise $300m from a social bond.
28 Oct 2020 -
Supranationals & Agencies
Scandie SSA issuers plump for short dated dollars
Supply in the SSA dollar market is clustered at the short end of the curve, as borrowers focus on defensive tenors ahead of the upcoming US election.
27 Oct 2020 -
Supranationals & Agencies
World Bank erases memories of 2019 with strong 30 year euro return
World Bank took size with its second ever euro 30 year benchmark on Tuesday, achieving a far more impressive outcome than its debut deal in that part of the curve last year.
27 Oct 2020 -
SSA
SSA secondary pricing update: EU's SURE debut screeches tighter
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, October 26.
27 Oct 2020
Germany's public sector issuers lead from the front
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...
Go to GlobalCapital's SSA data pages for the latest information on priced deals, borrower funding progress, league tables and upcoming deals.
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Awards
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Bond awards like no other
GlobalCapital has held its Bond Awards every year for the past 12 years — but never like this.
30 Sep 2020
Bond Comments
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World Bank EUR2bn 0.125% Jan 51
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Ico EUR500m 0% Apr 26 green bond
22 Oct 2020 -
EU EUR10bn 0% Oct 30 social bond, EUR7bn 0.1% Oct 40 social bond
22 Oct 2020 -
ESM EUR2bn 0% Dec 24
22 Oct 2020 -
AFD EUR2bn Oct 27 sustainable bond
22 Oct 2020 -
World Bank USD6bn 0.5% Oct 20 sustainable development bond
22 Oct 2020 -
Austria EUR2.5bn 0% Oct 40
16 Oct 2020
Sovereigns
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ECB relieves onlookers with promise of more stimulus
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde was firm enough in her promises of monetary policy support to avoid disappointing investors at a press conference on Thursday.
29 Oct 2020 -
SSA secondary pricing update: EU's SURE debut screeches tighter
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Italian BTPs rally after surprise upgrade with green framework and dollar bond expected soon
SUPRANATIONALS & AGENCIES
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Funding scorecard: Nordic agencies
This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2020 funding programmes at the end of October.
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Ile-de-France Mobilités lining up euro benchmark
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What better time to expand the IFFIm model
Sub-Sovereigns
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Lugano sells rare ultra-long Swissie deal
THE CITY of Lugano sold a bond that has pushed the Swiss franc curve out to its farthest point this week, locking in a coupon of 0.15% for 50 years, following a similar deal for Bern last month.
29 Oct 2020 -
Guest view: The ECB can axe Alberta bonds’ repo eligibility
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ECB can't pick and choose, even for the environment
MTNS & CP
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MTN investors on hold ahead of election
A number of MTN investors are waiting for the result of the US election before committing themselves to the market, meaning next week is set to be a quiet one.
23 Oct 2020 -
Supras plug away in quiet week
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Record year for Swedish krona SSA bonds
PEOPLE & MARKETS
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Citi sets up unit to advise governments on digitalisation
Naveed Sultan will develop and lead a new digital policy, strategy and advisory practice for governments, corporates and financial institutions at Citi, and has been appointed chairman in the bank's institutional clients group (ICG).
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ECB relieves onlookers with promise of more stimulus
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Agora snags Estlin as adviser
