On Thursday 12th March, the Kingdom of Belgium  issued within the framework of its EMTN-programme a new 3-year bond in GBP at a spread of + 26 bp over GILT.

This new GBP 500 million bond matures on 21st December 2018 and pays a coupon of  1.125%.

The issue has been swapped into euro in order to cancel any currency risk.

After swap the cost for the Kingdom represents a negative yield.

With this transaction, the Belgian Debt Agency has completed  more than 32% of its financing plan...

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 2.883 billion, distributed into the following lines :
ISIN Code : BE0312719884 - 18/06/2015
Amount taken (EUR billion): 1.253
Weighted average yield : -0.160 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.11
ISIN Code : BE0312728976 - 10/03/2016
Amount taken (EUR billion): 1.630
Weighted average yield : -0.153 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.68

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The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 2.215 billion, distributed into the following lines :
ISIN Code : BE0312719884 - 18/06/2015
Amount taken (EUR billion): 0.970
Weighted average yield : -0.154 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.01
ISIN Code : BE0312721906 - 13/08/2015
Amount taken (EUR billion): 1.245
Weighted average yield : -0.152 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.69

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On Wednesday 25 February, the Kingdom of Belgium  issued within the framework of its EMTN-programme a new 3-year bond in USD at a spread of + 1 bp over mid-swap.

This new USD 2 billion bond matures on 5 March 2018 and pays a coupon of  1.125%.
The issue has been swapped into euro in order to cancel any currency risk.
After swap the cost for the Kingdom represents a negative yield.
With this transaction, the Belgian Debt Agency has completed, after only 2 months, more than 30% of its...

The Belgian Federal Government Debt amounted to EUR 387.18 billion as of 31 January 2015.
Debt issued or taken over by the federal government amounted to EUR 386.88 billion, and the institutions for which the federal government supports the debt service, registered a debt of EUR 0.30 billion.
In net terms (i.e. deducting financial deposits and investments, as well as securities owned by the Treasury), the Federal Government Debt amounted to EUR 372.88 billion.

Press release from the Belgian Debt Agency

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 2.407 billion, distributed into the following lines :
ISIN Code : BE0312718878 - 14/05/2015
Amount taken (EUR billion): 0.806
Weighted average yield : -0.153 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.62
ISIN Code : BE0312727960 - 11/02/2016
Amount taken (EUR billion): 1.601
Weighted average yield : -0.125 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.42

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The Minister of Finance, Johan Van Overtveldt, announces :
The Kingdom of Belgium intends to issue a new long 15 year EURO syndicated benchmark bond maturing 22nd June, 2031 (OLO 75) in the near future, subject to market conditions.
The Kingdom has mandated BNP Paribas Fortis, Crédit Agricole CIB, J.P. Morgan and SG CIB as joint bookrunners. 
The auction scheduled for 16th February, 2015 is cancelled.