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Higher rate expectations have sharply reduced the possibility of bonds being redeemed this year
Higher rates from the outbreak of the war have enhanced callable MTNs' yield appeal
Varied issuance in senior credit this week, including blue and green bonds, as ultra-long vanilla duration returns in SSA private placements
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Spanish and Italian banks printed some large pieces of commercial paper this week, but dealers believe the proof of increased market confidence in banks from these countries will be to what extent they can borrow at longer maturities.
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Sparebanken Vest sold its second MTN issue of the year on Tuesday, printing a Eu25m 18 month floating rate note through Barclays Capital.
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CP investors looked to buy paper at the short-end from Spanish and Italian banks because of volatility surrounding short term rates. They also bought northern European bank paper further out along the curve.
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Taiwanese life insurers diversified further away from 30 year multi-callable zero coupon deals this week, buying rare 20 year fixed rate deals — some with calls and some rare bullets — from Australian banks this week.
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Investors this week turned their attention to bank commercial paper as a tightened euro/dollar basis swap and excess of dollar liquidity made paper at the short-end from many sovereign, supranational and agency issuers more expensive.
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China Merchants Bank and Lloyds Banking Group tapped international private placement demand for exotic currencies with deals in Chinese renminbi and Indian rupees this week. Bank issuers, though, were in the main confined to vanilla short-dated floating rate notes, though Nordea Bank Finland printed a pair of longer dated covered bonds.