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Cost of printing a five year bond has fallen a long way since October
The bank is considering bond issuance in currencies other than the euro
◆ Intesa Sanpaolo's Slovakian arm is a frequent issuer ◆ Banker said 33bp could be through FV ◆ CEE covereds offer the widest spread, ABN wrote

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  • Defaulting Caribbean sovereign Barbados could end up forcing a 50% principal haircut on bondholders in its restructuring, said Exotix this week, as investors worried that an overly aggressive approach from the island nation would see it lose market access for the foreseeable future.
  • When it finally came, the result of the election that markets had feared all year in Mexico was comprehensive. But the reaction was underwhelming.
  • The governance problems at the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund hit a new low this week when a four day board meeting was almost entirely taken up with procedural wrangling and failed to reach agreement on most of the agenda.
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  • Nomura has unveiled a big redundancy round in its EMEA global markets operation, with more than 50 front office staff at risk. The move comes as volumes in European fixed income disappoint once again, setting banks up for a rough set of second quarter numbers.
  • Bahraini sovereign bonds fell victim to “malicious rumours” this week after they took a further battering following headlines that Lazard had been appointed as an adviser to the country. The firm, which advises on debt restructuring among other things, was in fact appointed in early May and has been advising the country on its economy for several months, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Virginia Furness and Michael Turner report.