By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 22 with Anna Hughes, CEO of the Australian Office of Financial Management.
22 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Australia is likely to introduce new Treasury bond lines of around the 12-year point and may consider launching a new 30-year benchmark in the 2026-27 fiscal year, according to Anna Hughes, CEO of the Australian Office of Financial Management.
22 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 11 December 2025 with Saskia Van Dun, Agent of the Dutch State Treasury Agency:
12 December 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency is “not very concerned” about the impact of the country’s pension reform on the long end of the curve, given mitigating factors and the fact that part of the effect has already been priced in, according to DSTA Agent Saskia van Dun.
12 December 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 4 December 2025 with Markus Stix, Managing Director in charge of markets at the Austrian Treasury.
4 December 2025
- Markus Stix, Austrian Treasury Managing Director: 2026 gross issuance seen €43–45bn vs. €45bn in 2025
- Stix: “We again aim for three euro syndications” in 2026
- Stix: Will be active in issuance in 1H26, but will keep “some powder dry for later”
- Stix: Open to opportunistic long-end issuance via taps of outstanding century bonds
- Stix: No plans to issue a new century bond in 2026
- Stix: New green bond via syndication in 2026 “one of many options”
- Stix: Would consider CHF market again to fund new green eligible expenditures
- Stix: No plans to add additional tenors to Bundesschatz program
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 24 November with Anu Sammallahti, Director of Finance and Acting Head of Division at Finland’s State Treasury:
27 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Finland would consider issuing bonds in GBP, SEK and NOK if doing so were seen as cost-effective, according to Anu Sammallahti, Director of Finance and Acting Head of Division at the State Treasury.
27 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 12 November 2025 with Tammo Diemer, member of the Executive Board of the German Finance Agency.
24 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Germany is likely to exceed €500 billion in bond issuance in 2026, according to Tammo Diemer, Executive Board member at the German Finance Agency.
24 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 30 October 2025 with Jun Dumolard, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at the European Stability Mechanism.
13 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Stability Mechanism is aware of some investor interest in longer-maturity bonds and would “pay attention” to that demand, according to Jun Dumolard, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at the ESM.
13 November 2025
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’