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Sovereigns, Supranational and Agencies (SSA)

From the Collaborative Bond and Money Market Data Portal 
 

Definition: SSA is an acronym that sometimes refers to Sovereigns, Supranational and Agencies (SSA) and sometimes to Supra, sub-sovereign and agencies (SSA). 

In the latter use, Sovereigns are seemingly not included. At CMDPortal they are. This sector also includes government owned or guaranteed corporates, central banks, development banks, regions, provinces and local authorities. The SSA acronym is typically used by investment banks in the context of defining the remit of an operation or desk focused on servicing a specific market. The term is used in contrast with FIG and Corporate markets. The term Frequent Issuers is sometimes also used for SSA, but this can also include other borrowers that regurarly access DCM. It should be noted that not all Development Banks are SSAs as some exist in FIGs. The industry sector is determined by how a borrower derives the majority of its revenue. Below we show the complete list of SSA Investment Sectors and 

InvestmentSectorGroup InvestmentSector
Supranational Institutions SSA-Supranational
Central Government SSA-CGOV-Sovereign
SSA-CGOV-Guaranteed
SSA-CGOV-Wealth-Fnd
SSA-CGOV-Agency
SSA-CGOV-Centralbank
SSA-CGOV-Dev-bank
SSA-CGOV-Corporate
Regional Government SSA-Regional
Municipal Government SSA-Municipal
Government Corporates SSA-CORP-Utility
SSA-CORP-Infrastructure
SSA-CORP-Water
SSA-CORP-Electricity
SSA-CORP-Health
SSA-CORP-Education
(Unknown Govt) SSA-N/A

For information on issues in SSA Bond and Money Markets, please use the Instrument Search tool.
For information on the current size of the SSA Bond and Money Markets, please use the Data Sheet tool.
For information on the composition of the SSA Bond and Money Markets market, please use the Issuer Search tool.
For information on active dealers in the SSA Bond and Money Markets market, please use the Dealer Search tool.
For information on active investors in the SSA Bond and Money Markets market, please use the Corporate Search tool.

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