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Funding across all parts of the capital structure is available with issuers likely to prioritise unsecured borrowing
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With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
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Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
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Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
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  • Investors were eager to buy a euro benchmark seven year covered bond from NordLB Luxembourg on Wednesday, enabling the bonds to be priced flat to the issuer’s curve. That illustrating the strength of demand in what one lead manager described as a “hot” market.
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has become the second bank to issue a Covid-19 bond in the euro market following the example set by BBVA in May.
  • Spanish house prices fell for the first time in four years in the first quarter this year, but even so, the Cédulas market is in a much stronger position to weather further expected falls than it was when house prices dove in 2007 and 2012. And based on the recent performance, even if spreads were to widen, some investors would be likely to consider the move as an opportunity to buy.
  • Banks are taking a greater share of issuance in the bond markets in the middle of the second quarter, with a spread rally opening the way to deals in all currencies and across the capital structure.
  • Nordea has made extensive use of Nordic currency covered bond markets through the coronavirus crisis and, as spreads have stabilised, has selectively issued senior preferred deals across a broad range of other FX. The bank says it has plenty of time to meet its regulatory funding needs and has no imminent plans to issue subordinated debt given the recent relaxation of capital requirements.
  • Capital markets players love to talk about being socially responsible. The death of George Floyd shows talk has got society nowhere. It is time for action.
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