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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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ANZ became the first non-UK bank to issue a Sonia-linked covered bond on Friday. The competitive and sizeable funding could well spur follow-on issuance from another non-UK bank early next week. -
Crédit Agricole reached considerable size expectations and raised €1.5bn of 10 year covered bond funding on Monday. A day later Caffil raised a not insignificant €1.25bn with a well subscribed two part six and 15 year offering.
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Investors flocked to Nordic and Canadian covered bonds issued this week by DNB Boligkreditt, Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) and National Bank of Canada, perhaps reflecting a view that their spreads are well positioned to withstand the European Central Bank’s withdrawal from covered bond market.
