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Tightening absolute and relative valuations have raised some concerns, but FIG assets remain in vogue thanks to higher rates
Diverse US senior FIG issuance jostles with perpetual and tier two capital from foreign and domestic banks
◆ Infrequent issuers achieve tight pricing... ◆ ...but lose a third of orders ◆ Investors may demand more NIP on deals from next week
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Funding across all parts of the capital structure is available with issuers likely to prioritise unsecured borrowing
With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
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SEB offered investors a negative new issue premium with its preferred senior deal on Monday. With conditions consistently improving for European issuers, this deal has shown that the market is ripe for issuance in the format. -
An abundance of cheap central bank funding has negated the need to issue short dated covered bonds but access to competitive funding at the long end would provide a compelling reason for issuers to return to the primary market, said bankers on Monday. A seven year transaction mandated by Hypo Noe on Monday is likely to provide a test of investor appetite.
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Deutsche Bank sold a new tier two on Monday while offering to buy back some of its non-preferred senior debt from investors. The liability management exercise will help the issuer adapt its balance sheet to a new regulatory environment amid Covid-19.
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HSBC Canada issued the most oversubscribed dollar-denominated Canadian covered bond in years on Thursday, and still managed to price 28bp tighter than the Canadian heavyweights.
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The Norges Bank surprised the market with an unexpected base rate cut to a record low of zero on Thursday. Since the start of the year, coronavirus volatility and wildly gyrating oil prices have buffeted the value of the kroner.
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NN Bank has announced plans to set up a soft bullet covered bond programme, which is likely to result in a considerable saving in the cost of funding relative to its existing conditional pass three (CPT) programme and enable it to access long term funding with maturities beyond 10 years which, until now, are tenors that have not been available.
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