Covered bond core sellers buy periphery, even as BTPs widen
There was strong secondary market interest in the long end of the peripheral market, and especially Italian bonds, on Thursday. In contrast, core covered bonds came under greater selling pressure, partly due to switching interest from Wednesday’s deals. The flows were counter-intuitive to the wider macro backdrop, where the flight to safety bid has resumed.
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