The Belgian Debt Agency issued the first new 2025 benchmark loan on 07 January 2025. This is a 10-year OLO maturing on 22 June 2035, of which EUR 7.0 billion was placed. The coupon of this OLO was set at 3.10% and the actuarial yield of the issue was 3.141%.
With a total of orders (excluding orders from joint lead managers) exceeding EUR 89 billion, a new record was set. After deducting orders from ‘fast money accounts’, such as hedge funds, orders amounted to EUR 42.5 billion. This is also a new record.
The detailed report and statistics of the issue can be found in the annex.