World Bank
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The World Bank printed its second Sonia linked note on Wednesday as part of efforts to build its Sonia curve. The supranational has now sold over £2.5bn of Sonia paper across two benchmark bonds since September 2018. -
Former senior executives at the World Bank have warned incoming president David Malpass that he must use his first 100 days to make clear to staff he is prepared to distance himself from the agenda of Donald Trump.
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Issuers and syndicate desks were split over whether the African Development Bank’s inaugural Norwegian krone bond — the first ever social bond in the Norwegian market — could pave the way for further social issuance in the sector.
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The new World Bank president used his first public statement to pledge to increase efforts to ensure China was more transparent in its lending to Africa.
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The World Bank has launched a bond to highlight the challenge of plastic waste in oceans. Oceanic plastic waste has been the centre of debate this week after a pregnant sperm whale was washed ashore in Italy after dying from gastric shock from ingesting 22kg of plastic.
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David Malpass, Donald Trump’s nominee to take the helm at the World Bank, has cleared two hurdles in the way of the job after holding a “positive” meeting with bank staff representatives and passing his interview with shareholder countries.
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A series of modest taps at the long end of the Australian dollar curve at the end of last week suggests that what has been a quiet market for Kangaroo bonds could soon spark into life, according to SSA funding officials.
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US President Donald Trump’s nominee for head of the World Bank, David Malpass, will be examined by the bank’s executive directors on Monday, GlobalCapital can reveal. By Phil Thornton.
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The World Bank has unveiled the first details of how it will spend the first slice of its planned $200bn of investments to help poor countries cope with climate change, with $22.5bn aimed at helping African nations.
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World Bank raised $4.5bn of five year bonds on Tuesday with its first dollar benchmark of the year. Municipality Finance (MuniFin) joined it at the tenor a day later, but this is widely expected to be SSA issuers’ last hurrah in the currency for a few weeks.
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World Bank launched a $4.5bn five year trade on Tuesday in its first dollar benchmark of 2019, confounding some bankers who had expected this week to be populated with smaller transactions.
