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Deal reviews
Panel of experts in Seville praised the directive, but would welcome 'a bit of regulatory stability'
◆ Lead says shorter tranche demand lower than expected ◆ NIP paid at 'upper end' compared to recent deals ◆ Market slows for this year's Covered Bond Congress
◆ 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
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
Analysts see covered bond issuance slowing to a more sedate pace from October through to the end of 2026
FIG
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
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  • Santander UK has announced a new deal from its Holmes master issuer RMBS shelf. The prospective deal is likely to offer a significant spread pick up compared to UK covered bonds. And Rabobank has privately placed RMBS issuance from its Obvion subsidiary.
  • A sharp increase in primary supply is unlikely to appear and save the covered bond market from a dire lack of secondary liquidity, but there are other solutions, bankers told The Cover on Monday. The European Central Bank holds more than €60bn in covered bonds and releasing some of these into the secondary market would ease the pain, they said.
  • The covered bond market is open for almost any issuer and though its unlikely that activity will pick up quickly, there are a number of potential transactions expected in the coming weeks, bankers told The Cover on Monday.