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A €5bn wall of demand chased a trio covered bonds issued on Monday by Société Générale, PKO Bank Hipoteczny and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and showed that, after a shaky start to 2019, the market has now found form. -
In this round-up, China’s fourth quarter saw 6.4% GDP growth, Germany’s finance minister concluded a two-day visit in Beijing with 34 agreements, and cross-border payment services provider Swift took a first step to establish an onshore entity.
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Dollar SSA issuance picked up in earnest this week after a slower than usual start to the year, with a rich variety of borrowers printing deals, some in record size or with record books. Conditions are such that SSA bankers are confident supply will keep coming and demand stay high for the next few weeks — cheering news for one sovereign issuer looking to make a comeback in the currency.
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High grade bond markets have made a flying start to the year, defying the expectations of a bear market in fixed income following the end of the European Central Bank’s asset purchase programme and tightening of monetary policy in the US. Instead of the expected cautious tone, investors have been fuelling record order books, big deals and strong performance in the secondary markets, write Burhan Khadbai and Nigel Owen.
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Some Schuldschein arrangers are expecting that a syndicate’s distribution skills may become more important this year, as conditions across capital markets become difficult.
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Although the public covered bond market was quiet over the second half of this week, several issuers have been busy working on private placements in the year so far. These deals have been driven by reverse enquiry from insurance firms looking for safe, ultra-long dated investments that meet return targets.
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Eurex Clearing's head of risk analytics and model validation, Dmitrij Senko, has been appointed chief risk officer, and is set to formally replace risk management veteran Thomas Laux on July 1.
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LBBW this week issued a long three year public sector Pfandbrief at the tightest spread of the year, showing just how receptive investors are to supply, particularly for strong names in short tenors.
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Public sector borrowers printed over $10bn of bonds on Tuesday in a dollar market that SSA bankers expect to keep its momentum in the weeks ahead.
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Deutsche Bank returned to the covered bond market to issue a perfectly choreographed Pfandbrief. The deal was launched into a relatively quiet market and quickly attracted strong demand, enabling leads to set terms very early in the day despite underlying market concerns.
