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Dexia Municipal Agency took advantage of a back-up in yields to yesterday (Wednesday) price a Eu1bn 12 year covered bond.

Crédit Agricole has closed the order books for a three year benchmark covered bond that will be priced at the tight end of guidance on the back of Eu3bn of orders.

Dexia Municipal Agency has launched a 12 year obligations foncières issue, the longest dated benchmark covered bond of the year, with the order books clearing the Eu1bn mark earlier this (Wednesday) morning. Meanwhile, Lloyds TSB has completed a non-deal roadshow for its covered bond programme.

Banco Santander closed the books on a Eu1bn five year cédulas hipotecarias issue yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon after five-and-a-half hours of bookbuilding, with orders only just matching the deal size.

Banco Santander opened books on a five year cédulas hipotecarias with guidance of the 50bp over mid-swaps area this (Tuesday) morning, surprising market participants because a 10 year issue had initially been expected. Meanwhile, Dexia Municipal Agency is said to be preparing a 12 year benchmark.

Caixa Geral de Depósitos is set to take Abbey’s place as the record ninth benchmark covered bond issuer this week, after the Portuguese but not the UK bank decided to brave the week’s widening market.

In contrast to most of this week’s supply, the inaugural HSBC Covered Bonds (France) transaction was yesterday (Wednesday) priced at the tight end of where it had been whispered, despite being the seventh seven year of 2010 and being launched into a weak market.

Swedbank Mortgage this week became the first issuer to price a three year benchmark covered bond this year, before two other deals followed quickly in the same maturity. The issuer told The Cover that it wanted to distinguish itself from the longer dated issuance that had dominated supply so far.

UBS yesterday (Wednesday) launched the week’s third three year in quick succession but there was still enough demand for the leads to size a Eu1.5bn deal on the back of a Eu2bn order book.

Compagnie de Financement Foncier negotiated a tricky turn in the market to launch the largest three year covered bond since May 2008 yesterday (Tuesday). The issuer told The Cover that the deal’s size reflected the strong demand it encountered, especially from Asian and central bank buyers.

DnB Nor Boligkreditt launched its first issue for a year-and-a-half and longest dated covered bond benchmark on Monday and the issuer told The Cover that it had accelerated its issuance plans to take advantage of the strong market reopening and pricing on offer.