The Netherlands is expected to be the first triple A-rated country to issue green bonds, when the sovereign completes its debut transaction next year. Government expenses of 3.5 to 5 billion euros or US$4 to US$5.8 billion could qualify as green, to be used in...

In more sovereign ratings news, Standard and Poor's affirmed the United Kingdom's long-term foreign currency debt rating "AA" last week. The rating agency said in their statement that the negative outlook placed on the ratings reflects the risk of sustained economic...

Moody’s Investors Service cut Italy’s credit rating by one notch to 'Baa3' from 'Baa2', with a stable outlook, one level above junk. This moves comes amid concerns about the sovereign's fiscal strength and stalled plans for structural reform, which prompted a sell-off...

Egypt may issue in Japanese yen and Chinese yuan for the first time in the early part of 2019, to further diversify its funding sources and boost foreign fund inflows, according to Finance minister Mohamed Maait. The Asian bonds are planned as part of other...

Temasek, the Singapore government-linked investment company, is selling S$200 million of 5-year bonds in its first public bond offering for retail investors. Rated Aaa by Moody's and AAA by S&P, in line with the credit ratings of Temasek, the T2023-S$ bond is to be...

China's Ministry of Finance plans to issue US$3 billion of 5-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds on 11 October 2018.  This comes a year after the sovereign tapped the U.S. dollar bond markets for US$2 billion, after a more than 10-year hiatus.  Although the Ministry of...

The US economy continued to strengthen in September leading the Fed to hike rates for the third time this year to an upper bound of 2.25%. The Fed rate hike, coupled with strong employment data for the month of September, pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to a...

The Bank of Japan ("BOJ") trimmed its buying of bonds due in more than 25 years by 10 billion yen ($88.9 million) to 50 billion yen at its regular operation on 21 September 2018, the first reduction since July. The central bank had said in July that it will tolerate...

Yields on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note topped 3% on Friday, 14 September for the first time since 2 August and continued to fall early this week as investors weighed conflicting data on the economy and Federal Reserve policy. Yields have been creeping up...