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International borrowers dominate this week's flow in the currency
With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
Market participants gathering in Stavanger will focus on market growth
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Deal reviews
◆ Deal lands flat to recent UK and Canadian trades ◆ Dollar prices find stable footing for issuers and investors ◆ Pricing in line with other currencies
◆ Largest coverage ratio for almost three months ◆ Priced flat to fair value ◆ Slow pipeline predicted for rest of week
◆ 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
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
With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
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
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Covered bond supply should start to improve in the next two weeks, with European holidays and blackout periods coming to an end. But it is doubtful that the expected increase in volumes will be sustained for long enough to meet the 2017 annual supply forecasts many analysts made last year. -
Green investors piled into Swedbank’s €500m senior offering, grinding the spread to the tightest level for a five year fixed senior bond since the financial crisis. Elsewhere, the covered market remained strong in secondary, while securitization investors are set to make a judgement on UK credit.
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Covered bond investors have reduced their exposure to peripheral markets according to analysts at Commerzbank research. Despite this, peripheral and higher yielding covered bonds have continued to outperform and could easily remain susceptible to squeezes, traders warn. The technically squeezed status quo may not change until the second half of 2018, they added.
