World Bank
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World Bank’s $5bn July 2021 was the solitary benchmark available for BondMarker scoring in the week commencing July 16 — and voters rewarded the supranational for picking a window that it had all to itself.
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SSA issuance in Canadian dollars is enjoying a renaissance, with a pair of deals this week taking July to a record monthly volume and a tenor last seen several years ago returning.
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The World Bank sold a sustainable development bond in Canadian dollars on Thursday that took issuance in the currency from non-Canadian SSAs in July to its busiest month ever.
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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.
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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.