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◆ Spread fixed at start of execution ◆ RBC has issued four covered tranches this month ◆ Issuer’s last before this month was in January 2025
Changes to ECB collateral eligibility requirement could lead to more blockchain-based covered bonds, Moody's suggests
Come May, current dollar market's gain may turn into euro pipeline's pain
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Deal reviews
◆ Issuer tightens spread by 4bp ◆ Stronger opening on Wednesday paved way for covered ◆ Deal offered some new issue premium
◆ Bond the first EuGB covered ◆ Danish issuer tightens spread by 5bp ◆ Issue offers next to no concession
◆ Canadian bank last issued covered paper in January ◆ Lead managers picked only one comp ◆ BNS has large covered redeeming on Monday
◆ Banker said deal offered little new issue premium ◆ Euro transaction on Tuesday triggered the deal ◆ Lloyds' last sterling covered was issued in October 2025
Opinion
The preference for a diverse group of lead managers and the convention of reciprocity keep covered bond bookrunning competitive despite concentration so far this year
Rate increases could be closer than you think
Equalising risk weightings of covered bonds and resilient STS securitizations at 5% is sound
Bank's head of DCM and syndicate chief talk bond market expansion plans
Analysis
Changes to ECB collateral eligibility requirement could lead to more blockchain-based covered bonds, Moody's suggests
All three 2026 dollar covered bonds issued in past fortnight as issuers adapt to market conditions
Swiss franc covered bond from Kiwibank the only deal on Thursday after a similarly patchy week
Shrinking books 'nothing to complain about' as market values quality not quantity
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Spanish house prices fell for the first time in four years in the first quarter this year, but even so, the Cédulas market is in a much stronger position to weather further expected falls than it was when house prices dove in 2007 and 2012. And based on the recent performance, even if spreads were to widen, some investors would be likely to consider the move as an opportunity to buy. -
Nordea has made extensive use of Nordic currency covered bond markets through the coronavirus crisis and, as spreads have stabilised, has selectively issued senior preferred deals across a broad range of other FX. The bank says it has plenty of time to meet its regulatory funding needs and has no imminent plans to issue subordinated debt given the recent relaxation of capital requirements.
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Estonia’s LHV Pank sold its first covered bond on Tuesday, attracting very good demand for the sub-benchmark deal, which provided it with long term funding from new investors.
