NTMA to auction two bonds on 9 March 2017
6 March 2017 - The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) announces that it will hold a bond auction on Thursday, 9 March 2017. There will be two bonds offered in the auction.
The details of the auction are as follows:
- Bonds to be auctioned: 1.0% Treasury Bond 2026 and 2% Treasury Bond 2045
- Auction size range: €1,000 million to €1,250 million
- Auction opens: 8:00 a.m.
- Auction closes: 10:00 a.m.
- Settlement Date: 13 March 2017
The auction will be conducted on the Bloomberg Auction System and will be confined to recognised Primary Dealers.
A non-competitive auction for 15 per cent of the amount sold in the competitive auction will immediately follow and will close at 10:00 a.m. on Friday 10 March.
Please see the NTMA's website www.ntma.ie for further details of the Primary Dealer System and bond issuance arrangements.