By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 1 October 2025 with Bob Kieffer, Director of the Luxembourg Treasury.
9 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Luxembourg will launch a retail defense bond in the first quarter of 2026 with an issuance size of about €150 million, according to Bob Kieffer, Director of the Luxembourg Treasury.
9 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 24 September 2025 with Mercedes Abascal, Deputy Director General of Public Debt Management at the Spanish Treasury.
30 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Spain will not proceed with the syndicated bond issuance that had been expected late in 2025, diverging from its standard practice of four such operations a year, according to Mercedes Abascal, Deputy Director General of Public Debt Management at the Spanish Treasury.
30 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 4 September 2025 with Henrik Nørby, Head of Monetary Policy Implementation and Government Debt at Danmarks Nationalbank.
8 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Denmarks upcoming new green bond will be issued via syndication within the next month, according to Henrik Nørby, Head of Monetary Policy Implementation and Government Debt at Danmarks Nationalbank.
8 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 July 2025 with Kim Martin, Chief of New Zealand Debt Management of the Treasury.
21 July 2025
- Kim Martin, NZ Debt Mgmt Chief of Treasury: Timing of two more taps of NZGB lines may not follow 2024 pattern
- Martin: Will issue new 2050 inflation-index bond before 30 June 2026
- Martin: Inflation linked bonds to remain part of our funding mix
- Martin: No reasons to diversify beyond our programme for long-dated issuance
- Martin: ‘A range of factors would need to align before we issued in other currencies’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 July 2025 with Esther Finnbogadóttir, head of funding and debt management of the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
10 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of Iceland could issue the 2044 bond it announced in Q4, according to its Head of Funding and Debt Management, Esther Finnbogadóttir.
10 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 9 June 2025 with Kaspars Āboliņš, director of the Latvian State Treasury.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Latvia may become a regular issuer in the USD bond market following its return after a 12-year hiatus, according to Kaspars Āboliņš, head of the Latvian State Treasury.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 May 2025 with Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Riksgälden.
3 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sweden will deliver two new 10-year bonds in 2026, according to Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Swedish National Debt Office (Riksgälden).
3 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 May 2025 with Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
19 May 2025
- Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department: ‘We anticipate another Treasury bill auction in 2H25’
- Luurmees: Increasing defence spending may lead to higher issuance in 2H25
- Luurmees: Higher defence spending ‘could bring long-term issuance back to consideration’
- Luurmees: Might pre-finance part of 2026 budget if market conditions favourable
- Luurmees: ‘We are far from any kind of debt spiral’
- Luurmees: Currently no decisions made about future retail issuances
- Luurmees: ‘We have no plans to issue green bonds at this stage’