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Benefits to Investors World Bank benchmark and global bonds offer investors the highest credit quality, liquid issues and portfolio diversity opportunities. More
- Credit Quality
- AAA/Aaa rating for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- Backed by 188 member governments, including the US, Japan, Germany, France, and UK
- BIS Basel II 0% risk weighting
- Liquidity
- Large issue size
- Diverse investor base geographically and across investor types
- Multiple clearing systems
- Traded in secondary market on electronic platforms
- Underwriters commit to secondary market making
- Portfolio Opportunities
- Diversification of triple-A holdings; secondary market performance; rarity value
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List of Global Bond Issues
Find out details about recent benchmark bonds issued in the global capital markets. More
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Typical Terms of World Bank Global Bonds (USD or EURO)
Average summary and conditions for World Bank benchmark issues may include... More
| Issue Size |
2-4 billion |
| Maturity |
2, 5, 7, 10 or 30 years |
| Coupon |
Fixed, 30/360, semiannual |
| Denomination |
1,000 or multiples thereof |
| Listing |
Luxembourg |
| Form of Notes |
Registered, Fed Bookentry notes (only USD) |
| Clearing |
Euroclear, Clearstream, Fedwire (only USD) |
| Governing of Law |
New York (for USD), English (for EUR) |
World Bank as a Global Bond Pioneer
The World Bank created the concept of the global bond and was the first global bond issuer in... More
- US Dollar (1989)
- New Zealand Dollar (1990)
- Japanese Yen (1992)
- Deutsche Mark (1993)
- Mexican Peso (2006)
- Turkish Lira (2007)
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