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◆ Spread tightened by 8bp from IPTs ◆ Banker said order book quality stayed high despite losing some investors ◆ Second Czech covered in two days
◆ Issuer happy with tight spread ◆ Short-dated tenor helped, according to a banker ◆ Treasurer said HCOM may issue one mortgage covered next year
◆ Spread fixed at start of execution ◆ Canadian bank's second dollar covered within six months ◆ Strong supply in dollar covereds this week
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◆ 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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Deutsche Hypo priced a €500m six year on Wednesday in line with previous German deals, but with a considerably smaller oversubscription ratio than its previous two issues. Bankers were not hopeful the outlook for covered bonds would improve much in the next few months, but took heart from the fact that most investors are obliged to put their money to work.
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Barclays has become the first bank to publish the approval and quorum results of its recent consent solicitation. A high proportion of investors voted in favour of switching four covered bond maturities from hard to soft bullets.
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BBVA returned to the covered bond market for the second time this year on Tuesday, opening books for a long five year. Despite pricing well inside Spanish government Bonos, and even though political instability was causing ructions in neighbouring Portugal, the national champion quickly built an order book unequaled in size in the Cédulas market for nearly four months.