JP Morgan
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All three public sector borrowers in the euro market on Tuesday received record order books, despite the spreads tightening by up to 5bp during pricing — which left little to no concessions for investors. -
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) will break the silence of the public sector dollar market this week, after circulating initial price thoughts on Tuesday for its first benchmark of the year in the currency.
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Theresa May may not have brought any further clarity to the UK’s Brexit agreement, but that is not causing any issues for investors and issuers in the sterling corporate bond market. On Tuesday, two more deals were priced: one from a UK issuer, one from a European.
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Latam Airlines returned to the bond market for the first time in almost two years, printing $600m of seven year paper.
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Demand for corporate bonds is strong but it is at its strongest for green and hybrid debt, especially for deals that combine both qualities. On Tuesday, Spanish utility Iberdrola found similar demand for green hybrids to that which Engie and EDP had benefited from in January, and market participants are starting to revise their issuance forecasts for the asset class.
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Finland and Madrid hit screens on Monday to capitalise on the red hot appetite for euro sovereign supply in the 10 year part of the curve.
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Conditions for public sector dollar issuers held firm this week after an excellent start to the year, although deals were thinner on the ground thanks to a US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Chinese New Year holidays next week will give the sector a much needed breather — after which three-years might move more into vogue than fives, said SSA bankers.
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There was another scorching start to the year for eurozone sovereigns this week with yet more records dropping as Belgium took its largest ever number of orders and Austria sold its biggest ever deal from its largest ever book. But it was the nature of the successes — Belgium with a long dated trade and Austria the most expensive 10 year of the year so far — that really caught the eye.
