Feature: Testing times for triple-As
Caught between the rock of the southern European tumult and the hard place of a US downgrade by Standard & Poor’s, supranational, sovereign and agency issuers have been subject to much greater scrutiny of the supply and liquidity of their bonds, as well as their mechanisms of support.
Issuer profiles: SSAs in depth
One-page profiles on the 22 SSAs included in this yearbook: African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, CADES, Council of Europe Development Bank, EUROFIMA, European Investment Bank, Export Development Canada, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, Inter-American Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Finance Facility for Immunisation, KfW Bankengruppe, Kommunalbanken Norway, Kommuninvest, Municipality Finance, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank, Nordic Investment Bank, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank, Province of Ontario, Rentenbank and World Bank.
Key facts & figures: Summary data on 22 SSA issuers
Including ratings, risk weightings, funding volumes, purpose, types of lending and investment, ownership, guarantees, support, and capital quality. |
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