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◆ Issuer’s last covered was in May 2023 ◆ Fifth Dutch covered bond in past month ◆ Fifth €500m no-grow deal in past two days
◆ Portuguese bank has issued one covered each year since 2023 ◆ Banker on the deal said bonds offered small new issue premium ◆ Strong recent covered supply may have affected demand, another banker said
◆ UK lender's sixth public dollar covered bond of 2026 ◆ Issuer has placed dollar, sterling and euro covereds this year ◆ Deal size fixed at $1.5bn from $1.95bn order book
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◆ Bank prints first Belgian covered in over six months ◆ Issuer caps order size at €750m from start ◆ Covereds this week offering more new issue concession
◆ €1.5bn covered is ING's first of 2026 ◆ 5bp of concession ◆ 'Sweet spot' tenor
◆ Issuer tightens spread by 4bp ◆ Stronger opening on Wednesday paved way for covered ◆ Deal offered some new issue premium
◆ Bond the first EuGB covered ◆ Danish issuer tightens spread by 5bp ◆ Issue offers next to no concession
Opinion
The preference for a diverse group of lead managers and the convention of reciprocity keep covered bond bookrunning competitive despite concentration so far this year
Rate increases could be closer than you think
Equalising risk weightings of covered bonds and resilient STS securitizations at 5% is sound
Bank's head of DCM and syndicate chief talk bond market expansion plans
Analysis
European and other regulators are working on reforms to make covered bond funding more efficient
Changes to ECB collateral eligibility requirement could lead to more blockchain-based covered bonds, Moody's suggests
All three 2026 dollar covered bonds issued in past fortnight as issuers adapt to market conditions
Swiss franc covered bond from Kiwibank the only deal on Thursday after a patchy week
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Deutsche Bank returned to the covered bond market to issue a perfectly choreographed Pfandbrief. The deal was launched into a relatively quiet market and quickly attracted strong demand, enabling leads to set terms very early in the day despite underlying market concerns. -
Half of the Covered Bond Mark is derived from a survey of market participants. The other half is calculated using a range of key metrics — such as the deal’s subscription ratio, its performance, the granularity of the order book, and the transaction’s size.
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Bids for recently issued covered bond deals are trading close to or tighter than their reoffer spreads but with the UK parliament’s crunch vote on the European withdrawal agreement due on Wednesday, scope for a further widening cannot be ruled out. Especially if new issue premiums continue to reprice curves.
