LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of England namedDeutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Royal Bank of Canada onTuesday to lead manage its annual issuance of a U.S. dollar bondas part of its management of Britain's foreign currencyreserves.
Every year since 2007 the central bank has issued athree-year U.S. dollar bond with a size of around $2 billion.
"The 2013 operation will be a benchmark 3-year U.S. dollarbond, and the Bank expects to execute this transaction in thecoming weeks, subject to market conditions," the BoE said in astatement on its website.