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◆ Only sub-benchmark covered deal in the market on Tuesday ◆ Issuer paid a 'healthy new issue concession', says banker ◆ Pfandbriefzentrale planning new Swiss franc note
◆ Tuesday's only benchmark covered deal ◆ ASN's second covered in six months ◆ Short-end of the curve is an 'investor sweet spot', says bank
◆ Korean covered was one of two new issues on Monday ◆ Third Korean covered bonds in three weeks ◆ Leads chose only two deals as comparables
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◆ Only sub-benchmark covered deal in the market on Tuesday ◆ Issuer paid a 'healthy new issue concession', says banker ◆ Pfandbriefzentrale planning new Swiss franc note
◆ Tuesday's only benchmark covered deal ◆ ASN's second covered in six months ◆ Short-end of the curve is an 'investor sweet spot', says bank
◆ Leads picked three Achmea bonds as comps ◆ Dutch bank’s was one of two covereds on Monday ◆ Achmea’s was fourth Dutch covered this month
◆ Issuer chose larger order size ◆ Strong supply of five year covereds cited ◆ Seventh German covered in three weeks
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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UK issuers moving away from the cheap liquidity of the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme are likely to opt for covered bonds over RMBS, syndicate bankers told The Cover on Friday. This preference has contributed to a sluggish start to the year for the ABS primary market, with only a trickle of mandates on the horizon.
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Peripheral European covered bond programmes are improving in credit quality, with Spain leading the way, according to Moody’s. In particular, Cédulas Territoriales, Spanish covered bonds backed by public sector assets, have benefited from extraordinary state-sponsored liquidity support programmes. The positive news should bolster confidence and help to underpin the year’s rally in peripheral covered bond markets.
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The Irish covered bonds issued by Depfa Bank have been attracting strong interest, dealers reported this week, and further convergence to its Irish peers is still possible. There has been speculation that the bank will be wound down, not sold to an unrated entity, as investors might have feared.