Latest Covered Bonds news

• Desio gives eurozone periphery covered bond issuers ‘reason to look again’

  

  Robust demand for this week’s covered bond from Banco di Desio e della Brianza has boosted hopes of further supply from the eurozone periphery. But, with further European Central Bank stimulus on the way, a supply ‘onslaught’ is unlikely.

  • 03:00 PM

• Nationwide gets thumbs up from Moody’s for Sonia conversion

  

  Nationwide Building Society has restructured the swaps underlying its covered bond programme to ensure a proportionate share of the cover pool's mortgage interest will be swapped to Sonia, winning approval from Moody's this week.

  • 17 Jul 2019

• Lloyds’ increases dollar covered bond return

  

  Lloyds Bank was able to increase the size of its second dollar covered bond issued on Wednesday — its second deal in this market in the last year. In doing so, it still managed to pay a minimal new issue concession.

  • 17 Jul 2019

• Brexit premium rises for UK banks as Tories pick new PM

  

  Investors have been discounting UK bank bonds in the secondary market in recent weeks, as it becomes increasingly unclear how a change of prime minister will affect the country’s approach to leaving the EU.

  • 17 Jul 2019

• MuHyp issues super tight dollar Pfandbrief, Lloyds to follow

  

  Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MuHyp) was set to issue a $600m three year Reg S dollar Pfandbrief on Tuesday, at close to the tightest levels seen this year and with exceptionally strong demand. The stellar outcome encouraged Lloyds Bank to announce a follow-on deal of its own.

  • 16 Jul 2019

• Desio prices OBG inside fair value with BTP momentum

  

  Banco di Desio e della Brianza was set to issue an Obbligazioni Bancarie Garantite (OBG) with a negative new issue premium on Tuesday, as it took advantage of a recent 100bp rally in Italian government bonds.

  • 16 Jul 2019

• Covered bond awards 2019 survey now open

  GlobalCapital's covered bond awards 2019 survey is now open. Lead managers, issuers and investors can vote any time from now until Friday August 16. You don't need to be a subscriber to vote.

  • 15 Jul 2019

• MuHyp turns to dollars for next Pfandbrief

  

  Muenchener Hypothekenbank has mandated lead managers to execute a new Reg S dollar Pfandbrief. The deal follows a series of German dollar covered bonds issued at the short end of the curve this year.

  • 15 Jul 2019

• Covered Bond Awards 2019: final call for nominations

  

  GlobalCapital invites market participants to nominate their favourite covered bond lead managers, issuers and deals by the close of play today. The shortlists will be decided this week-end and voted on by the market from the start of next week.

  • 12 Jul 2019

• Risk-weight fiddling won't save planet

  The pace of growth in green mortgage financing is improving, but it is still woefully inadequate, particularly with respect to covered bonds where there are no price advantages. Fiddling with mortgage risk weights while the world burns will not change behaviour quickly enough.

  • 11 Jul 2019

• TD keeps active in euro and dollar covered bonds

  Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) took full advantage of strong market conditions this week to issue a $1.75bn three year dollar benchmark and a €1.25bn eight year. The two deals followed a recent Sonia-linked £1bn three year and a euro benchmark issued at the start of the year.

  • 11 Jul 2019

• Opportunistic covered bond supply tipped

  

  The pace of issuance looks set to slow down over the next few weeks, but a few opportunistic transactions could emerge given strong market conditions, bankers said on Thursday.

  • 11 Jul 2019

• SG 'sets a standard' with first green OFH

  

  Société Générale attracted strong demand for its inaugural green Obligations de Financement de l’Habitat on Monday. The green covered bond put the French issuer at the “forefront of positive transformation” and “sets a standard”, said a spokesperson.

  • 11 Jul 2019

• TD doubles covered bond yield to CIBC as yields rise

  

  Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) returned to the covered bond market for the second time this week following its dollar benchmark and, thanks to a late rise in yields, the eight year deal offered more than twice the return of CIBC's eight year issued a week ago.

  • 10 Jul 2019

• BHH just misses negative yield with green Pfandbrief

  

  Berlin Hyp this week attracted strong and broad interest for a green mortgage Pfandbrief that, thanks to a small rise in yields since the deal was mandated, narrowly avoiding being priced with a negative return.

  • 10 Jul 2019

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