France
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) sold its largest ever sterling bond on Thursday, raising £300m with a three year deal. -
The UK Debt Management Office is keeping its options open on a planned syndication for September, a deal some investors feel the sovereign should use to push its conventional curve out to 2072. Meanwhile, a French agency is bringing its first syndication in sterling for over two years.
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BPCE outplayed OP Mortgage Bank in the covered bond market on Tuesday with a €1bn 12 year that benefited from the steepness of the French curve and an eye-catching double-digit spread.
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France’s Crédit Agricole was looking to sell non-preferred senior notes in yen this week, following closely behind a similar deal from its compatriot Société Générale.
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The relief rally sparked by Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election is yet to fully evaporate and the Europe's public sector borrowers have been taking full advantage of it. Read on to see how GC BondMarker voters rated France's return to capital markets as well as the rest of the benchmarks.
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Sparebanken Sør Boligkreditt and Société Générale enjoyed solid receptions for their covered bonds this week, with the Norwegian issuer pricing flat to its curve.
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No deterioration in credit quality has taken place among corporate Schuldschein borrowers since 2008, concludes a new report from Helaba, despite the market having undergone huge expansion.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations looks likely to be the latest public sector borrower to return to the sterling market after a long absence, after it hired banks to hold investor meetings next week.
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Euronext has announced that it will acquire FastMatch, the electronic communication network (ECN) used in the spot foreign exchange market.
