Europe
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Yves Choueifaty, founder and president of Tobam, talks to GlobalCapital about carbon footprints, public debt, cryptocurrencies, and how passive investment is "the only industry in the world in which people do nothing for a living and then they claim they are cheap". -
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Ireland this week added its name to the growing list of sovereign green bond issuers, achieving one of its main goals as it diversified its investor base. A debut French agency issuer joined the sovereign on Wednesday, printing its first ever deal — which also came from the first ever Green Euro Medium Term Note programme.
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A global equity sell-off mid-week caused some jitters among bankers covering a live Kommunalbanken dollar deal on Wednesday, but the nervousness proved unfounded as the trade came through to acclaim. The deal was typical in a week where SSAs priced tight and with big books despite choppy wider markets.
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Public sector borrowers looking to issue at the long end of the euro curve will have to pay a sizeable new issue premium amid market volatility and the impending closure of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme, SSA bankers have warned.
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A sharp sell-off in US equities on Wednesday led to global panic on Thursday as other indices followed suit. Asian and European markets showed some sign of life on Friday, although were still a long way down, but the ramifications of a change in risk sentiment could have lasting effects across capital markets, write Sam Kerr, Ross Lancaster, Costas Mourselas, Craig McGlashan and Aidan Gregory.
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US private placement (US PP) investors hailing from the United States are ramping up competition for sterling PP deals, as swap costs dwindle and key comparables in US markets tempt those buyers across the pond. Silas Brown reports.
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The UK Debut Management Office is planning to issue an inflation linked syndication early next year, after completing its conventional syndicated programme this week with a reopener of its 2071 Gilt.
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A debut sovereign green bond from Ireland and benchmark from a Spanish agency provided the firmest proof yet that the fiscal stink over Italy’s planned budget deficit has not put investors off other SSAs in the eurozone — even those that until recently were in the same ‘periphery’ bucket as Italy. But bankers are concerned that Italy’s standoff with the European Union has further to run — and that a BTP spread over Bunds of 400bp will be the breaking point.
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Tucked away at the end of a press release, the Bank of England announced this week that it would delay a stress test for financial institutions. A messy departure from the EU could test the banks in real life instead.
