Covered Bonds
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◆ Bank closed order book at €1.85bn ◆ Larger size, tighter spread than issuer's last covered ◆ Order book was 'brilliant', says banker -
◆ Icelandic bank 'happy' with balance between spread and order book ◆ Treasurer noted importance of Aa1 rating ◆ New bond refinances 2021 issue
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◆ Spanish bank offers small NIPs for dual tranche deal ◆ Deal useful benchmark for other Spanish bonds ◆ Skew in demand reflects sensitivity at long end, says banker
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Market enters third chapter of 2026, in which issuers and investors strike a more equal balance even though issuers may need to pay up
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◆ Macquarie tightened by 6bp to 27bp over ◆ Banker said this represented ‘small new issue premium’◆ Bankers said investor demand for covereds is cooling
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◆ Swiss issuer placed both tranches at €750m ◆ Spreads on both tranches tightened by 5bp ◆ ‘This was a slower trade,’ says banker
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◆ ◆ 30bp was ‘right starting point’◆ Issuer lands at 'fair value'
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The preference for a diverse group of lead managers and the convention of reciprocity keep covered bond bookrunning competitive despite concentration so far this year
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◆ UK building society offered 1bp-2bp NIPs on each tranche ◆ Banker said covered was 'well-flagged' ◆ Second banker said they took BNS and added 'UK pick-up'
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◆ Finnish bank tightened by 8bp through execution ◆ Banker said 35bp starting point was 'spot-on' ◆ Second banker said deal went 'better than expected'
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◆ Order book close to €5bn ◆ Spread tightened by 9bp ◆ Pick-up over OATs
