28 Sep 2017 17:47

EMTN issue in USD

On Thursday 28th of September, the Kingdom of Belgium issued within the framework of its EMTN-programme a new long 2-year USD 1.5 billion bond at a spread of mid-swap minus 4 basis points.
This new bond matures on 15 January 2020 and has a coupon of 1.625 %.
The issue has been swapped into euro in order to cancel any currency risk. The resulting euro interest rate is negative.

On Thursday 28th of September, the Kingdom of Belgium issued within the framework of its EMTN-programme a new long 2-year USD 1.5 billion bond at a spread of mid-swap minus 4 basis points.
This new bond matures on 15 January 2020 and has a coupon of 1.625 %.
The issue has been swapped into euro in order to cancel any currency risk. The resulting euro interest rate is negative.