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◆ Issuer paid small new issue concession, says banker ◆ Eika's first covered since May 2025 ◆ Nordic issuers may be 'done for now'
◆ Czech bank's first issue since May ◆ Mandate announcement yielded 'decent feedback' ◆ CEE issuers active in covereds this year
Only third Portuguese covered this year ◆ Fair value at '13bp-14bp' says banker ◆ Investors responded well to three year tenor
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Deal reviews
◆ Rare five year tenor ◆ Competitive pricing versus dollars and euros ◆ Sixth sterling covered from Canada this year
Issuance may relent next week but the pipeline for the rest of the year is uncertain, say experts
◆ Issuer tightened spread by 7bp on Tuesday ◆ First euro covered from ANZ NZ since 2023 ◆ Acting treasurer said €750m was the target
◆ Korean lender capped trade to focus on spread ◆ Shared market with four other deals ◆ Asian firms have been busy since market reopened
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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South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is looking to return to the covered bond market as early as January, after hiring a bank to arrange a non-deal roadshow. -
A year after the European Central Bank started buying covered bonds for its third purchase programme (CBPP3), the pool of investors that buy eurozone covered bonds has dwindled. But this provides a unique opportunity for issuers ineligible for CBPP3. Canadian banks have brought a welcome injection of attractively priced paper that has engaged a broad audience. And with CBPP3 set to continue for at least another year, the outlook for inaugural deals from new countries is promising. Euro issuance from Singapore, Poland and Turkey should soon be offering investors a broad menu of credits, at potentially interesting spread levels.
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Kookmin Bank has mandated a lead manager for a US dollar covered bond roadshow. Should a transaction follow in December, it will be the issuer’s second this year following its inaugural legally enshrined deal launched in October.
