About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of basis points in the bond market and recent trends among supranational, sovereign, and agency bond issuers.

Send us Fan Mail ◆ Greenium reappears in unlikely place ◆ US banks splash out ◆ Is that all I’m worth? ◆ Cantor is coming A basis point might always be the same quantity, but is it a lot or a little? It depends whom you ask, and when. For supranational, sovereign and agency bond issuers in the dollar market, 1.7bp over Treasuries and 1.9bp over are two different things. Records keep falling as SSAs price ever closer to Treasuries. Last week the International Finance Corp got to 1.7bp — and it...

Topics covered

• basis points
• bond market
• supranational issuers
• Treasuries
• greenium
• US banks
• Cantor

Keywords

• basis point
• bond issuers
• greenium
• International Finance Corp
• Treasuries
• US banks
• Cantor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Finance Corp, US banks, Cantor

Places: US, Treasuries

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