Orders rain on the regions as Spain sustains the show

Spain brushed off the threat of contagion from Latin American volatility this week as two of its sub-sovereigns harnessed investors’ fierce appetite for peripheral debt with record-sized deals at close to pre-crisis pricing, writes Craig McGlashan. Madrid and Aragon’s home runs paved the way for more now that the Tesoro has again tightened the spread over the sovereign at which the regions may print.