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◆ BMO's floater came after Crédit Agricole’s last week ◆ Banker said floaters are becoming more popular ◆ Canadian bank's sixth covered this year
◆ UOB cited last week's DBS covered as a comparable ◆ Singaporean bank issued a sterling covered last week ◆ Issuers using different currencies back-to-back is not unusual
◆ German issuer showed little order book attrition ◆ UniCredit shared primary market with four others ◆ Market set to slow after a fast start
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◆ Korean lender capped trade to focus on spread ◆ Shared market with four other deals ◆ Asian firms have been busy since market reopened
◆ Issuer tightened spread by 5bp ◆ One of five euro benchmark covereds issued on same day ◆ BayernLB landed tighter covered in June
◆ Swedish bank funds across the capital stack ◆ Latest euro covered bond launched to capture strong demand ◆ One of the tightest deals in three years
◆ Both issuers are linked to RBI Group ◆ Austrian bank prices with negative concession... ◆.... while RBI's Slovakian subsidiary pays premium for its largest deal in many years
Opinion
Covered bond issuers have been reluctant to issue on the same day as a central bank announcement, but this is starting to change
The new European Secured Note market is keen to secure regulatory recognition for the new product but there are advantages to not having it
If it looks like a covered bond, acts like a covered bond and prices like a covered bond, then it probably should be treated like one
Easily dismissed as "fast money" with all the negative implications that can bring in the primary bond market, hedge funds are becoming increasingly important to covered bond issuers
Analysis
Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
Asset class is about 5bp wider than at start of the year
Comments from regulators welcomed by ECBC head
After the busiest June since 2010, banks are well progressed in the covered funding programmes
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Moody’s has assigned a provisional Aaa rating to Stadshypotek’s Danish covered bond programme. The issuer has three other programmes backed by Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian collateral. All four programmes are established under Swedish law. -
Although many banks are emerging from blackout period, which is usually a positive for supply, several key central bank meetings could deter some issuers. Nevertheless, the recent rise in yields should lead to a re-opening of shorter maturity segments.
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Fitch updated its covered bond rating criteria following a market consultation. Though the majority of ratings are left unchanged, there will be nearly four times as many upgrades as downgrades.
