Monday, May 21, 2007

Asian Development Bank Starts Selling 5 Billion Philippine Pesos in Debt

(Bloomberg) -- The Asian Development Bank will sell
5 billion Philippine pesos ($108 million) of five-year bonds to
help fund operations, according to a document obtained from one
of the arrangers.

The Manila-based bank seeks to pay between 80 percent and
85 percent of the yield on the Philippine government's five-year
benchmark note, ADB Assistant Treasurer Juanito Limandibrata
said in a phone interview today. That is equivalent to a yield
between 4.9 percent and 5.2 percent, according to Bloomberg
calculations based on today's rate.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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