New lease of life for blockchain bonds

Advocates touted early issuance of blockchain bonds as a sign of things to come but the market went quiet after a few transactions. Market participants say the blockchain-bond dream is alive, however, as recent central-bank moves to create digital currencies could solve several issues in the initial deals and help reboot the whole concept.

KangaNews Awards 2021: institution and deal winners announced

KangaNews is proud to announce the winners of the institutional and deal categories in the KangaNews Awards 2021. At the end of another hectic year in the Australian and New Zealand capital markets, KangaNews received votes from hundreds of market participants keen to recognise the achievements of 2021's most outstanding performers.

World Bank rides volatility to break Kauri deal and issuance records with new benchmark

World Bank’s successful placement of a record-sized Kauri transaction – in sustainability-development format – is a positive sign for market evolution, according to deal sources. The NZ$1.5 billion deal, upsized from its initial NZ$300 million, printed despite a challenging rates environment.

World Bank prints NZ$1.5 billion five-year sustainable-development Kauri

SSAs lead by example

The supranational, sovereign and agency sector is renowned for innovation and has long been a global leader in diversity. KangaNews and TD Securities invited women from six global funding entities to participate in a discussion focused on market developments and the outlook as the world slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.