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Despite the boost in demand, overall unsecured supply still lags behind 2025, with the bulk of recent supply coming in covered bonds
Foreign banks keep Swiss market busy as issuance slows
Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
Late Labor Day this year and mid-September FOMC will constrain September issuance window
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Insurance companies are finally picking up bond issuance after a first quarter that suffered the lowest issuance volumes since 2017. Finnish firm Sampo was the latest issuer this week.
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The market welcomed a dose of investment grade rated corporate and financial supply on Thursday. State-owned enterprise (SOE) Shougang Group saw its bond rally in the aftermarket, while onshore brokerage Huatai Securities and China Ping An Insurance Overseas also managed to price deals tightly.
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HSBC led a surge in dollar bond supply as high-grade banks sprang back into issuance mode after a two-week layoff.
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Hamburg Commercial Bank priced its inaugural public bond on Thursday, a preferred senior deal which seemed to be unaffected by the litigation threat the bank is facing as it attracted €1.2bn of demand.
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Erste Group priced its inaugural non-preferred senior bond on Wednesday, meeting demand of more than more than four times the deal's €500m size.
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LBBW's second green senior bond, issued on Wednesda,y was comfortably oversubscribed and had many more orders than its debut deal, even though the market backdrop was more volatile this time round. At the same time Westpac New Zealand mandated leads for a roadshow ahead of its own debut green senior bond.