World Bank
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The World Bank is keen to bring a euro benchmark this year, having been absent from that segment for nearly two years. The supranational this week made a triumphant return to dollars, setting a 2018 record for the tightest swap spread on a three year dollar benchmark so far. -
World Bank on Wednesday returned following an eight month absence in dollar benchmark funding to print the tightest spread on a three year dollar deal from an SSA this year.
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World Bank could set a new spread tight for the calendar year in the short end of the dollar market, after sending out initial price thoughts for a three year global benchmark on Tuesday.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress various supranationals have made in their funding programmes.
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Products offering investors the chance to protect their returns from rising rates are making a comeback in the MTN world after years of dormancy thanks to the interest rate environment.
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Southern Gas Corridor, the 3,500km pipeline system costing $45bn that will run through Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Italy, has signed a syndicated loan with guarantees totalling $750m-equivalent, as it begins its first commercial deliveries to Turkey.
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The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) has added another product to its local currency offering after selling its first ever note linked to the Tanzanian shilling. The deal came in the same week that World Bank debuted in Peruvian soles.
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The movement to create free investment benchmarks to support the Sustainable Development Goals is gathering pace, with the launch this week of a major survey of corporate human rights performance.
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The World Bank has printed its first sterling floating rate note in almost six years, raising a whopping £750m with the deal.
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The World Bank has brought in another capital markets official, making it two hires for the supranational over the last few weeks.
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The World Bank has launched a fund intended to harness disruptive technologies to promote development in the developing world.
