Slovenia issued EUR 1 billion-worth of 30-year bonds, the business paper Finance said in a report referring to Bloomberg data. Unofficially, the interest rate for the bonds was slightly under 0.5%, while the yield also stands at around 0.5%.
According to unofficial sources quoted by Bloomberg the interest rate for the issue is 50 basis points above the 30-year mid-swap rate, which stands at -0.005%. Bloomberg said this would mean a better result than planned, as the financial institutions commissioned for the issue by the state had expected 65 basis points. Demand reportedly exceeded EUR 8 billion.