BMO Capital Markets
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The dollar covered bond market is in good shape, and it seems likely that issuers will want to follow the success of Bank of Montreal which last Wednesday issued the first benchmark of the year at a cheaper cost and in larger size than its previous deal issued six month ago. -
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KommuneKredit and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will reopen the dollar market for SSA borrowers on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the EIB is lining up to perform the same service in sterling bonds.
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A pair of public sector borrowers hit screens this week for dollar syndications, providing an unexpectedly strong climax to 2016.
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In this round-up, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange saw surges in trading of offshore RMB (CNH) futures, BMO became the first Canadian bank to become market maker for CAD-RMB direct trading, and the country of Djibouti is launching a Silk Road Bank. Plus a recap of GlobalRMB’s top stories this week.
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Including redemptions and central bank buying, the investable eurozone covered bond market has shrunk almost €80bn so far this year. No surprise, then, that three seven year deals issued this week by Ibercaja, Banco Sabadell and Bank of Montreal were swamped with demand.
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Including redemptions and central bank buying the investable eurozone covered bond market has shrunk almost €80bn so far this year. No surprise then that seven year deals issued on Thursday by Banco Sabadell and Bank of Montreal were swamped and priced with virtually no concession.
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After mandating leads on Wednesday, Bank of Montreal is set to open books on Thursday for what will become the longest Canadian covered bond in euros. Having issued three year and five year deals this year, BMO’s fourth trade of 2016 will be a curve extending seven year.
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Saxony-Anhalt increased the size of a new three year dollar deal on Wednesday after squeezing pricing tighter twice during two days of marketing.
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A surfeit of supply hit the long end of the covered bond curve this week as issuers piled in to take advantage of extraordinarily cheap funding conditions that are unlikely to last long. Bill Thornhill reports.
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A seemingly unstoppable flow of dollar issuance from public sector borrowers looks set to spill into next week, after a slightly undersubscribed deal early this week failed to dent sentiment for other trades.
