Sovereign, supranational and agency issuers

London Stock Exchange's offering for sovereign, supranational and agency issuers

As a premier listing venue for sovereign, supranational and agency bonds, London Stock Exchange has deep experience in hosting milestone debut issuances. They include China’s first international sovereign RMB bond, AIIB's inaugural bond transaction, as well as Hong Kong and Chile’s first green bonds and the world's first emerging market green sovereign bond from Fiji.

Why London?

  • Peer Group
    Join a strong G-20 and emerging market sovereign, supranational, sub-and quasi-sovereign and agency peer group.
  • Liquidity
    Through our secondary markets, including MTS, one of Europe's leading electronic fixed income trading platform, support an active secondary market for international bonds. London has the deepest global markets for bonds, foreign exchange and derivatives.
  • Establishing a programme
    LSEG enables issuers to create a consistent presence in the market, create a yield curve across tenors and execute new transactions during opportune market windows.
  • Efficient and cost-effective listing process
    Through a listing on LSEG, issuers benefit from the prestige and reputation of a London listing and can take advantage of rapid turnaround times, and a smooth and efficient process.
  • Showcasing your global story through London
    Devise an impactful campaign around the issuance to maximise visibility with the international investor base and the global financial community.
  • Support Capital Markets Development
    LSEG has a longstanding relationship with a number of countries, including partnerships with local financial infrastructure to develop electronic capital markets, local currency financing and ecosystems of entrepreneurship.

*Source: TheCityUK estimates (2011), World Federation of Exchanges (2011)

Key numbers

  • 1,000
    No. of bonds (historic)
  • 470
    No. of Bonds (active)
  • £3 trillion
    Capital raised (historic)
  • £1 trillion
    Capital raised (active)
  • 30
    issuers
  • 70
    currencies

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