Washington, DC, February 12, 2014 – The World Bank (IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a USD 5 billion long 2-year fixed rate global bond. This transaction is the World Bank’s second USD benchmark offering of 2014 following a USD 4 billion 5-year transaction in January. The transaction was increased from the initially targeted minimum size of USD 2 billion to USD 5 billion to satisfy the overwhelming investor demand, particularly from the Central Bank community. This upsized and oversubscribed transaction has helped to reopen the USD Global market post the Chinese New Year holidays and has confirmed once again the name recognition of the World Bank in the global capital markets.
The joint-lead managers are Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, HSBC and TD Securities.
The long 2-year USD benchmark carries a semi-annual coupon of 0.500% and matures on May 16, 2016. It offers investors a yield of 0.522%, which is equivalent to a spread of 18.7 basis points over the 0.375% U.S. Treasury note due January 2016.
“We have been studying the market looking for a good opportunity to issue our second USD benchmark for the year, and took advantage of the recent sell off in yields to proceed with the trade. We are very pleased with the strong demand – seeing orders more than three times above our initial target – principally from our core investor base. We’re grateful for the support we get from our investors and bank partners for the World Bank’s development mandate and the demonstration that investors continue to value the safety of the World Bank“, said Doris Herrera-Pol, Director and Global Head of Capital Markets, World Bank Treasury.
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