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◆ Austrian bank's biggest book for a senior bond in many years ◆ Higher spread than peers, longer marketing helps ◆ Scarcity of Austrian non-preferred debt
◆ Issuer pays small new issue premium ◆ Order book showed 'more than enough demand' ◆ Four German banks issued covereds in past two weeks
Only third Portuguese covered this year ◆ Fair value at '13bp-14bp' says banker ◆ Investors responded well to three year tenor
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Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
Capital deals and a tight Nordic senior print point to what lies ahead for issuers
The single currency stands out as the most attractive funding source while the US dollar market remains open in size
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Rates traders were sanguine about the market outlook over the next month in the belief that low supply and high redemptions will support spreads. But long term questions about the extent of central bank asset purchases, both in the US and Europe, are expected to come back to haunt them. -
Greek banks are in their rudest health since the aftermath of the global financial crisis and are calling on capital markets investors to back them as they help the country rebuild its economy in the wake of Covid-19. With the banks able to access new sources of capital, propped up by the country's Hercules non-performing loan guarantee scheme, plenty of supply — and performance — could follow, report Tom Brown, Tyler Davies and Sam Kerr.
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