Covered spreads tighten despite limited Pepp purchases as ECB adds €600bn
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Covered bond spreads look set to keep tightening, particularly German Pfandbriefe, said market watchers. And even though covered bond purchases under the European Central Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp) have so far proved rather limited, some bankers believe this buying may increase as the institution announced a bigger than expected increase to the scheme on Thursday.
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