Nationwide surprises market with €1.5bn

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Nationwide surprises market with €1.5bn

The prospect of another ECB covered bond purchase programme (CBPP) has kept issuers and investors in risk off mode all week, but Nationwide bucked this trend on Thursday and took the market by surprise with a €1.5bn five year deal. The offering is the first €1bn-plus, euro covered bond in more than a month and it stands in stark contrast to last week’s sub-jumbo deals — all on a day that few picked out as a window.

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