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Crédit Agricole

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  • A sell-off in eurozone government debt last week, over rumours that the European Central Bank might start tapering its quantitative easing programme, may have helped issuers bring more shorter dated deals in euros this week than have been possible for months — but some issuers are wary that more volatility could be ahead.
  • Including redemptions and central bank buying, the investable eurozone covered bond market has shrunk almost €80bn so far this year. No surprise, then, that three seven year deals issued this week by Ibercaja, Banco Sabadell and Bank of Montreal were swamped with demand.
  • SSA
    The European Stability Mechanism is close to deciding on the format its first dollar benchmark will be printed in, while a deal due this Friday could open up to longer dated tenors what has already been an extremely strong dollar market in the three year part of the curve.
  • SSA
    Export Development Canada will on Friday join a rampant dollar benchmark market and could open end up giving issuers more options after choosing a more daring maturity than those executed in the last few weeks.
  • Including redemptions and central bank buying the investable eurozone covered bond market has shrunk almost €80bn so far this year. No surprise then that seven year deals issued on Thursday by Banco Sabadell and Bank of Montreal were swamped and priced with virtually no concession.
  • A diverse group of issuers forged ahead with their respective fundraisings on Thursday, seeking everything from dollars to Singapore dollars and green debt.
  • Eurofins Scientific, the unrated French food and drugs testing company, has decided not to proceed with a planned euro bond after completing its roadshow for the deal last week, as investors increasingly take a stand on the market's tight pricing levels.
  • KEB Hana Bank executed a $650m dual-tranche offering on Tuesday, ahead of an expected burst of supply from financial names. While the issuer priced the longer five year portion flat to its outstanding curve, it decided to be slightly generous with the three year to bag a larger amount.
  • After mandating leads on Wednesday, Bank of Montreal is set to open books on Thursday for what will become the longest Canadian covered bond in euros. Having issued three year and five year deals this year, BMO’s fourth trade of 2016 will be a curve extending seven year.
  • Investment grade corporate issuers hit the euro bond markets in force on Tuesday with five primary transactions in play, but defensive deal sizes characterised the frantic flow.
  • SSA
    The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the Société de Financement Local (SFIL) sold benchmark debt to an increasingly welcoming market for euro-denominated paper on Tuesday.