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The European Investment Bank and the Region of Madrid stood out in the public sector bond market this week, with the former achieving its biggest ever order book for a euro benchmark. -
Banco Santander wasted no time in heading to the non-preferred senior market this week, with investors responding well to the way in which European banks have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in their first quarter results.
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The European Investment Bank achieved its biggest ever order book in euros on Tuesday, as it sold its first seven year benchmark of the year.
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The region of Madrid and the European Investment Bank are both marketing seven year euro deals, with the former preparing the first green labelled bond by a Spanish government entity. Elsewhere in the euro public sector bond market, Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust is moving forward with its first bond in the currency.
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Pernod Ricard, the French drinks company, was rewarded for waiting on Monday when it launched taps of existing bonds more than 50bp inside where it had originally priced the notes just weeks ago, showing just what a tonic the European Central Bank's asset purchasing has been for the corporate bond market during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Swedbank was paying less than fair value for a new euro senior deal on Friday, according to market participants, with the bank raising funding a day after publishing its first quarter results.
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Europe’s high grade corporate issuers began the week deploying their recent tactic of tightening spreads aggressively during bookbuilding from cheap starting points, with Elia Transmission Belgium ratcheting in its spread by 60bp from initial price thoughts.
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BPCE seized an opportunity to launch €1.5bn of preferred senior funding this week — an asset class that has outperformed all other bank funding products in the market in recent trading sessions.
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The euro high grade corporate bond market was noticeably calmer this week, but deals for issuers as diverse as Telstra, American Honda, La Poste and Givaudan saw chunky books and shrinking new issue premiums.
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France’s La Poste saw almost €14bn of demand for its dual tranche trade on Tuesday, with the state-owned postal service kick-starting the shortened week in style with borrowers expected to start exploring issuance down their capital structures.
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was the latest public sector agency to head to the euro market this week as it raised €1.5bn on Wednesday with a 10 year benchmark. While the deal was fully subscribed, the order book was not huge and the pricing did not tighten from guidance, indicating that the market may be slowing.
