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The European Investment Bank (EIB) closed on 15 December 2014 the purchase of a EUR 196 million covered bond issued by UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s (UniCredit Bank CZSK). The bond forms part of UniCredit Bank CZSK’s EUR 5 billion international covered bond programme, which was launched last year. This first international bond has an issue size of EUR 800 million and an annual nominal coupon of 1.875%, with bullet maturity in December 2018.
The EIB is the first investor to purchase the UniCredit Bank CZSK covered bond under this international programme; other investors are expected to join in 2015, when other covered bond transactions may follow.
This is the first time that the EIB has purchased a covered bond in the...
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