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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg successfully returned to the primary EUR government bond market on Tuesday March 12th, 2013, with a EUR 750 million institutional benchmark transaction, maturing on 19 March 2028 and paying a coupon of 2.25%. With this transaction the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg extends its yield curve while locking in another record low coupon. Joint bookrunners on this transaction were BCEE, BGL BNP PARIBAS, BIL and SOCIETE GENERALE. The new 15 year will be the first government bond to be issued through LuxCSD. LuxCSD is the new Securities Settlement System in Luxembourg and is approved by the European Central Bank for use in Eurosystem credit operations. It provides the Luxembourg financial community with central bank money settlement services in Euro with access to many...
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