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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 patchy week
Shrinking books 'nothing to complain about' as market values quality not quantity
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Covered bond spreads jumped wider on Monday in response to even sharper moves in the credit market. The selling was modest in volume and, with market makers protecting their bids, trades were done far wider than indicative levels. -
Bond issuers returned to the primary market this week showing greater resilience than many expected. The intense gyrations gripping underlying rates and equities mean that deals are likely to be far from easy to do for some time as the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak grip global markets.
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Eika Boligkreditt this week placed the most deeply negative yielding non-German covered bond since credit market volatility spiked two weeks ago. The deal, issued on Thursday, will help participants gauge just how far spreads have moved, setting the market up for more active issuance in March when demand is expected to materialise on the back of a considerable widening in the Bund/swap spread.
