Bond

The Turkish Treasury borrowed around 7.43 billion Turkish liras ($1.05 billion) from domestic markets on Feb. 23, according to an official statement.

The Treasury and Finance Ministry announced that some 447 million Turkish liras ($63.13 million) in 413-day zero-coupon bonds - reopen, the second issuance - were sold in the first auction.

Bulgaria will hold the second for 2021 bond sale auction on February 22, 2021. The Bulgarian National Bank will then hold an auction for the sale of the securities, the central bank reports.

The Turkish Treasury borrowed some 6.7 billion Turkish liras ($963 million) from domestic markets on Feb. 15, an official statement said.

Turkey's Treasury and Finance Ministry announced that some 1.6 billion Turkish liras ($229 million) in floating rate note bonds - reopen, semiannually - were sold in the first auction.

The Public Debt Management Agency has collected another 812.5 million euros, set to rise to €1 billion by the end of the week, through a treasury bill issue on Wednesday.

The state coffers got a 3.5-billion-euro boost on Wednesday through the issue of a new 10-year bond, with Greece registering two new records: Its biggest ever book of offers for a Greek sovereign bond and its lowest ever cost of borrowing.

Bond sales for Austria, Greece and Slovenia won strong demand on Wednesday, joining larger peers who issued debt via syndication earlier in the month.

Austria received 32 billion euros of investor orders, eight times the 4 billion euros it will raise, and Greece received 28 billion euros of orders for new 10-year bonds.

Ljubljana – Slovenia plans to issue a 60-year bond subject to market conditions and has commissioned BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and HSBC to manage the issue, the Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday.

Additional details have not been disclosed, but this would be the longest maturity for a bond Slovenia has ever issued.

Greece is making its first market foray for 2021, probably on Wednesday, with the issue of a new 10-year bond to further strengthen its cash reserves. The market had more or less expected a 10-year note, despite some investment companies foreseeing longer issues.

The Turkish Treasury borrowed 6 billion Turkish liras ($800 million) from domestic markets on Jan. 19, an official statement said.

Turkey's Treasury and Finance Ministry announced that some 1.5 billion Turkish liras ($201 million) in zero-coupon bonds - new issuance - were sold in the first auction.

In the next few weeks Greece is set to tap the bond markets for the first time in 2021, and some very positive messages are coming from international firms regarding Greek notes.