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Austria

  • Austria’s Erste Group Bank has closed books on a Eu1bn 10 year benchmark, which is expectred to price in line with guidance of the low 70bp over mid-swaps area. The rare benchmark, jointly led by Barclays Capital, Credit Agricole, DZ Bank and Erste, has proved a runaway success.
  • A Eu500m five year Pfandbrief for Austria’s Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Bawag) was largely unaffected by background uncertainty about the prospects of Ireland signing up for financial assistance, although pricing ambitions were slightly reigned in, according to a syndicate official at one of the leads.
  • Demand from domestic and German accounts enabled Austria’s Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft to today (Tuesday) negotiate a difficult market backdrop to launch a Eu500m five year deal, while a Bank of New Zealand inaugural euro issue is scheduled for launch tomorrow and Caja Madrid has released the spreads for new issues and a cédulas tap being launched as part of an exchange offer.
  • New euro benchmark covered bond supply appears on course to hit the market tomorrow (Tuesday) as issuers continue with preparations for deals despite a backdrop of uncertainty about whether or not a bail-out of Ireland will be set in motion.
  • Hypo NOE Gruppe Bank yesterday (Tuesday) sold an inaugural, Eu500m maximum three year public sector Pfandbrief that an official at the issuer told The Cover attracted a satisfactory level of investor attention taking into account an active primary market and the bank’s newcomer status.
  • Nordea Bank Finland will today (Tuesday) price a Eu2bn five year inaugural benchmark covered bond after building one of the biggest order books for a euro issue this year, while Austria’s Hypo NOE Gruppe Bank met with sufficient demand to sell a Eu500m three year inaugural public sector Pfandbrief.
  • Leeds Building Society is lining up to re-open the sterling covered bond market next week, while other inaugural deals are expected to lead a resumption of new benchmark issuance in euros.
  • Moody’s downgraded Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederoesterreich-Wien from Aa3 to A1 yesterday (Wednesday) after carrying out stress tests on the bank’s earnings, assets and capital.
  • New issues for GCE Covered Bonds and UniCredit Bank Austria and a large Caja Madrid tap took this week’s supply of Eu500m-plus deals to a solid Eu6.7bn, with GCE said to have benefitted from a recent paucity of new three year issuance from so-called core jurisdictions.
  • A new burst of issuance hit the covered bond market this (Thursday) morning after a breather yesterday, with GCE Covered Bonds and UniCredit Bank Austria launching new deals and Caja Madrid offering an increase of a 2014 issue.
  • Banesto sized a five year cédulas hipotecarias at Eu600m yesterday (Thursday), taking Eu500m-plus covered bond issuance over the past five working days to Eu6.9bn. The Spanish issuer told The Cover that it was happy to have been able to issue successfully given how tricky the market has been.
  • Banesto showed the breadth of the covered bond market’s post-holiday reopening today (Thursday) with a Eu500m minimum five year cédulas hipotecarias. Meanwhile, Berlin Hyp priced a Eu500m issue in the face of low yields and spreads, while Bawag PSK finally emerged after announcing plans for a new issue back in May.