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• Pfandbrief amendment to ensure UK asset eligibility post-Brexit

  

  A proposed change to the Pfandbrief Act will allow German covered bond issuers to keep UK assets in their cover pools, without falling foul of Pfandbrief eligibility criteria.

  • 18 Oct 2018

• Court ruling hits Santander's Cédulas

  

  Santander did well to attract an oversubscribed order book for its €1bn 10 year Cédulas on Thursday — even as Spanish bank debt and equity was sold off after the country's supreme court ruled that banks are liable for mortgage documentation taxes.

  • 18 Oct 2018

• Positive spread boosts HSH’s Pfandbrief

  

  HSH Nordbank attracted a much higher oversubscription ratio for its positive yielding Pfandbrief than Belfius Bank did for its negative yielding Pandbrievan. The two covered bonds, which were both priced on Wednesday, showed that investors’ lust for yield remains undiminished.

  • 17 Oct 2018

• TD finds stronger dollar covered bond demand

  

  Toronto Dominion (TD) attracted stronger demand on Tuesday than Royal Bank of Canada’s three year dollar benchmark did the day before, and accordingly was able to issue in a larger size.

  • 17 Oct 2018

• Pfandbrief duo line up

  

  Münchener Hypothekenbank has mandated leads to roadshow its first green Pfandbrief while HSH Nordbank has mandated leads for a 3.5 year deal in the format.

  • 16 Oct 2018

• BNS issues largest non-European covered

  

  Bank of Nova Scotia took full advantage of a respite in hitherto volatile market conditions and an expected secondary market spread widening to issue the largest euro covered bond from a non-European issuer this year on Tuesday — and paid a slim new issue premium to boot.

  • 16 Oct 2018

• RBC and TD double dollar covered bond supply

  

  In less than 24 hours Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto Dominion have almost doubled the volume of Canadian dollar covered bonds issued this year. And with the cost of funding being cheaper than euro covered bonds and half senior unsecured, others may be tempted to follow.

  • 16 Oct 2018

• Portuguese covered bonds steady following upgrade

  

  Portuguese covered bonds have held steady after Moody’s upgraded the sovereign rating to investment grade rating. Given the market’s poor liquidity, new issuance is likely to play a more pivotal role in determining the spread outlook than the sovereign's credit rating.

  • 15 Oct 2018

• Berlin Hyp enjoys strong demand for third green Pfandbrief

  

  Berlin Hyp’s (BHH) third green Pfandbrief attracted a solid oversubscription ratio on Friday, and though the deal offered a hefty concession to its own curve, the pricing was tight compared with other recent deals.

  • 12 Oct 2018

• SMBC unleashes $1.6tr mortgage market with first ever Japan covered bond

  

  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has mandated leads to roadshow the first ever Japanese covered bond. The RMBS-backed deal is expected to appeal to a broad universe of traditional investors and will set the tone for Japanese megabanks and other borrowers in what could be a rich supply vein for covered bond investors.

  • 11 Oct 2018

• SR Boligkreditt issues largest euro covered bond

  

  SR Boligkreditt issued a €750m seven year with a slim new issue concession showing that the primary covered bond market is still receptive, despite the rates market volatility seen earlier in the week.

  • 10 Oct 2018

• Covered bond funding expected to ramp up in 2019

  

  Covered bond issuance is set to grow next year as lenders refinance central bank liquidity, say analysts. A survey by the European Banking Authority also indicates covered bond funding will "remain dynamic".

  • 10 Oct 2018

• NSFR targets will drive big surge in senior supply, says JP Morgan

  

  New liquidity requirements will cause a boom in senior bond issuance in the same way that the introduction of capital requirements led to a surge in the supply of subordinated debt, according to analysts at JP Morgan. The analysts said that investors have been underestimating how quickly this trend will impact the euro market.

  • 10 Oct 2018

• Traders constructive on core covereds

  

  Core European covered bond spreads and non-eurozone deals look well placed to weather volatility over the next few weeks and potentially through to year end depending on supply, market makers believe. Even in the eurozone periphery, the situation is considered orderly.

  • 09 Oct 2018

• EBRD buys first triple-A Slovak covered

  

  Slovakia’s Slovenská sporiteľňa (SLSP) has issued the first Aaa rated Slovakian covered bond paving the way for the country's first publicly syndicated euro benchmark. UniCredit has also privately placed a €500m Slovak covered bond.

  • 09 Oct 2018

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