The Netherlands
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Index Ventures took advantage of a buoyant atmosphere for accelerated trades on Monday night, with a €205.5m block in Dutch payments firm Adyen at a tight 1.5% discount and without a restriction preventing the seller from further disposals in the future. -
The Netherlands has announced a new policy framework for its funding programme over the next six years in which it will extend the average maturity of its debt and swap portfolio to lock in low rates for a longer period of time.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten included its environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in a mandate announcement for its upcoming sustainability bond on Monday, following in the footsteps of KfW which kickstarted the movement with its green bond tap last week.
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Royal Dutch Shell’s choice this week of a tight syndicate, heavy with US banks, to lead $4bn and €3bn of bonds has laid bare the sense of vulnerability among banks outside the US bulge bracket, as some expressed resentment at being left out of a lucrative and prestigious mandate.
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Two SSA borrowers tapped the seven year part of the euro curve this week, but came away with different results. Luxembourg received an oversubscribed book for its deal on Wednesday, while Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB Bank) had to price without fully placing its €1bn trade.
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A move in the Bund curve left the market too volatile for Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) to fully place its seven year euro benchmark on Thursday.
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The first tier two from Spain’s Unicaja Banco was more than three times subscribed this week after it entered a strong new issue market. It appeared alongside ING, which paid a slim 5bp premium to print a deal in the same asset class.
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Independent external auditors are looking into whether the European Commission has been successful in its work towards creating a capital markets union over the last five years. They are set to publish a report containing their recommendations for the project in 2020.
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Fitch is forecasting a negative outlook for the issuer ratings of some of the largest lenders in the Netherlands, warning that the early introduction of a risk-weight floor for mortgage assets could weigh on the country’s banking sector through additional capital demands.
