Germany
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Aareal Bank this week returned to the euro Pfandbrief market for the fourth time this year to issue a four year deal, which was priced at its widest spread in four years. The fact Aareal chose to pre-fund suggests that spreads may have further to go. -
The head of BNP Paribas’ EMEA unrated debt capital markets team has left the bank.
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The US private placement market (US PP) processed two sterling transactions last week, when TSB was forced to pull its prospective covered bond and VW had to pay elevated new issue concessions to access the sterling bond market. US PP agents believe this once again demonstrates the US PP market’s comparative stability against public markets.
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UniCredit will likely become the first commercial bank to finish a year in the top two arrangers in the Schuldschein market. As the market internationalises, many believe commercial banks are well placed to challenge the Landesbanks’ grip on deal flow.
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The head of NatWest Markets' private placement business has left the bank.
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The Federal State of Brandenburg was oversubscribed for its second ever euro benchmark in the 20 year part of the curve on Tuesday. The deal offered a 2bp concession, according to the leads.
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A dollar benchmark from Rentenbank scored comfortably higher than a euro trade from the European Financial Stability Facility in the latest BondMarker results. That is in keeping with a few weeks where the dollar market has been far more resilient than a wobbly euro sector.
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The Federal State of Brandenburg mandated banks on Monday for its second ever euro benchmark in the 20 year part of the curve, following its debut in the maturity in 2016.
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Secondary spreads in the euro public sector market have widened heavily across the curve with just over a month to go before the European Central Bank is expected to put an end to its Public Sector Purchase Programme. SSAs are also being affected by the political ructions from Italy, Brexit and the global trade war, said bankers.
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Deutsche Bank said on Monday it was looking to buy back €1bn of its non-preferred senior bonds from investors, in an effort to redeploy some of the ‘excess liquidity’ the bank has been running over its minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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It is sometimes said that bondholders are treated like second class citizens at the expense of equity holders. But this week equity holders in Volkswagen should be knocking on its treasurer’s door, asking how investors in the latest bond deal were able to command such a premium for buying new debt.
