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Sovereigns
BTPs pressured after Lagarde but borrowers unconcerned
The European Central Bank meeting on January 21 did not strike a pleasing note for investors in eurozone government bonds, and spreads are still wider.
03.45 PM
SSA
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Supranationals & Agencies
ADB and OeKB line up after Dexia lands five year sterling
Dexia Crédit Local raised £750m with a December 2026 bond on Monday, gathering a generously oversubscribed order book and pulling in the spread during execution, promising a strong reception for Asian Development Bank on Tuesday.
04.00 PM -
Sovereigns
Investors put ECB commitment to the test
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde refused to be drawn into naming a specific spread target that the central bank will defend in a press conference on Thursday but investors may find out for themselves in the wake of the meeting.
21 Jan 2021 -
Supranationals & Agencies
EU mandates for first SURE deal of 2021
The European Union hit screens on Monday morning to announce its first bond of 2021 under the Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.
12.45 PM -
Supranationals & Agencies
JBIC to return to sterling market after long absence
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has picked backs for a sterling five year benchmark, replacing its last bond in the currency — a trade issued in February 2014 that matured in December 2020.
22 Jan 2021 -
Bonds
ADB readies long-awaited Panda return
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hired banks to arrange a roadshow for its first Panda bond in over a decade, to be launched after Chinese New Year.
22 Jan 2021 -
Sovereigns
France smashes 50 year as EU preps first SURE deal of 2021
France stole the limelight in the euro public sector bond market this week as it set new records for 50 year benchmarks in terms of size, demand and yield.
21 Jan 2021 -
Supranationals & Agencies
EBRD shows patience to print flat to curve
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led the way on a busy Thursday in the SSA dollar market, printing $2bn flat to its curve.
21 Jan 2021 -
Sub-Sovereigns
Land NRW scores with new 30 year ahead of ECB meeting
The State of North Rhine-Westphalia found plenty of demand as it came to the market with a new 30 year benchmark on Thursday, ahead of the European Central Bank’s first monetary policy meeting of the year.
21 Jan 2021 -
SSA
EIB reboots €STR FRN market with curve extension
The Europe Investment Bank extended the euro short term rate (€STR) floating rate note curve on Wednesday with 2021’s first deal in the format.
21 Jan 2021
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...
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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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Land NRW EUR1.5bn 0.2% Jan 51
22 Jan 2021 -
UK GBP6.5bn 0.875% Jan 46
21 Jan 2021 -
Cades GBP1.5bn 0.125% Dec 25 social bond
21 Jan 2021 -
France EUR7bn 0.5% May 72
21 Jan 2021 -
NWB EUR500m 0% Feb 37
21 Jan 2021 -
EIB EUR1bn FRN Jan 28
21 Jan 2021 -
AIIB USD3bn 0.5% Jan 26 sustainable development bond
21 Jan 2021
Sovereigns
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BTPs pressured after Lagarde but borrowers unconcerned
The European Central Bank meeting on January 21 did not strike a pleasing note for investors in eurozone government bonds, and spreads are still wider. But primary market participants seem unconcerned.
03.45 PM -
Investors put ECB commitment to the test
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France smashes 50 year as EU preps first SURE deal of 2021
SUPRANATIONALS & AGENCIES
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ADB and OeKB line up after Dexia lands five year sterling
Dexia Crédit Local raised £750m with a December 2026 bond on Monday, gathering a generously oversubscribed order book and pulling in the spread during execution, promising a strong reception for Asian Development Bank on Tuesday. OeKB will come to market with a dollar five year.
04.00 PM -
EU mandates for first SURE deal of 2021
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EBRD USD2bn 0.5% Jan 26
Sub-Sovereigns
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Land NRW scores with new 30 year ahead of ECB meeting
The State of North Rhine-Westphalia found plenty of demand as it came to the market with a new 30 year benchmark on Thursday, ahead of the European Central Bank’s first monetary policy meeting of the year.
21 Jan 2021 -
EIB reboots €STR FRN market with curve extension
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Brandenburg undersubscribed for 25 year deal as Land NRW hits screens
MTNS & CP
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SSAs testing waters in niche currencies
SSA borrowers kept up a torrid pace of issuance in non-core currencies this week.
14 Jan 2021 -
KfW sells South African rand green bond
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Nokkie double for MuniFin
PEOPLE & MARKETS
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Deutsche’s Ross goes on leave
Frazer Ross, head of investment grade debt syndicate for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Deutsche Bank, is taking a sabbatical.
19 Jan 2021 -
Boath joins Agora as adviser
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People news in brief
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Investing in Egypt
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GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2020
30 Sep 2020 -
The Vistra structured finance roundtable
30 Sep 2020 -
GlobalCapital’s Global Derivatives Awards 2020
23 Sep 2020 -
Japan in the Capital Markets Sep 2020
18 Sep 2020 -
The GlobalCapital Covered Bonds Awards 2020
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AFME Roundtable Sep 2020
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