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The slide in French government bonds this week raises concerns for the country's banks and companies
Budget crisis may give way to election agony
◆ OAT rout puts French borrowers in awkward spot ◆ Sterling FRNs: a popular underdog ◆ Emerging market secondary bonds lose relevance
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Higher new issue premiums make deals shine amid market volatility
Conducive credit markets and tight spreads to lure issuers as risks loom on the horizon
Contrasting investor receptions in euro and sterling markets but new issue premiums rise in both
Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
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Catastrophe bondholders barely felt the flooding unleashed by storm Florence in the Carolinas, highlighting the lack of market exposure to US flood risk.
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SR Boligkreditt issued a €750m seven year with a slim new issue concession showing that the primary covered bond market is still receptive, despite the rates market volatility seen earlier in the week. -
Luminor Bank, an Estonian financial institution, was looking to place a small senior unsecured deal in the euro market on Wednesday, in spite of volatile market conditions. The transaction will be the issuer’s first step towards reducing its reliance on bank facilities as a means of funding.
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Covered bond issuance is set to grow next year as lenders refinance central bank liquidity, say analysts. A survey by the European Banking Authority also indicates covered bond funding will "remain dynamic".
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New liquidity requirements will cause a boom in senior bond issuance in the same way that the introduction of capital requirements led to a surge in the supply of subordinated debt, according to analysts at JP Morgan. The analysts said that investors have been underestimating how quickly this trend will impact the euro market.
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Core European covered bond spreads and non-eurozone deals look well placed to weather volatility over the next few weeks and potentially through to year end depending on supply, market makers believe. Even in the eurozone periphery, the situation is considered orderly.
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