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Supras and agencies

Blue wave euphoria washes out Capitol Hill riots

Amid riots on Capitol Hill, the blue wave finally arrived. Georgia’s two run-off elections gave the Democratic Party 50 seats in the US Senate, and the majority, as Kamala Harris will hold the deciding vote as US vice-president. As this opens the door to greater fiscal stimuli, investors have responded by piling into equities, causing US Treasury yields to climb. This provides opportunities at the long end of the maturity curve for bold SSA borrowers. Lewis McLellan, Sam Kerr and David Rothnie report.

Sam Kerr, January 07, 2021
ABS

Fintechs to rely heavily on ABS despite switch to banking

Online lenders have sought ways to transform themselves into banks to gain regulatory clarity and forge long term customer relationships. Regardless of the status change, the securitization market will remain a vital funding source to the challenger banks, sources say.

Jennifer Kang, January 07, 2021
High grade and crossover bonds

Wessex Water, National Grid show sterling market lives in a Brexit world

Wessex Water, the UK utility, and National Grid this week proved that there is still demand for sterling corporate paper in a post-Brexit world, with both issuers seeing chunky oversubscriptions for their trades.

Mike Turner, January 07, 2021
Leader

Mighty ECB is clobbering the little guys

The European Central Bank’s bond buying programme is, for better or worse, the saviour of the corporate bond market, keeping access open for most issuers for all but a few days last year. But the easy money for borrowers big enough to access the bond market is inadvertently twisting the screws on already battered small and medium sized enterprises.

Mike Turner, January 07, 2021
People News

People moves in brief

Loynes extends syndicate responsibilities at Crédit Agricole — CS's equity sales head to join Citi — Flori starts at CEB funding team

Richard Metcalf, January 07, 2021
Sub-sovereigns

Land NRW shows 100 year bonds becoming ‘more of a mainstream product’

State of North Rhine-Westphalia’s third and biggest century bond built an impressive order book in terms of size and number of accounts from a diverse range of investors this week, proving this niche part of the curve is increasingly popular with buyers.

Burhan Khadbai, January 07, 2021
Leader

Wall Street must speak earlier to defend democracy

Leading US financial institutions were quick to condemn the shocking attacks on the US Capitol on Wednesday — a sign that they are willing to take positions on important social issues, in line with the industry’s eagerness to align with good environmental, social and governance standards.

Sam Kerr, January 07, 2021
Supras and agencies

SSAs make sterling start to 2021 despite tricky backdrop

All five public sector borrowers that sold sterling benchmark deals this week received exceptionally strong results, despite having to navigate through difficult market conditions in the currency.

Burhan Khadbai, January 07, 2021
High grade and crossover bonds

European high grade corporates get 2021 going with a bang

The European investment grade corporate bond market took a break for the Epiphany public holiday across the continent on Wednesday, but syndicate bankers say deals will flow thick and fast throughout early January.

Mike Turner, January 07, 2021
Regulatory Capital

Yankees storm dollar barricades

Yankee issuers stormed into the US dollar market to lock in record low levels of funding, despite this week’s turmoil in Washington, DC.

David Rothnie, January 07, 2021
Regulatory Capital

Abanca optimises capital structure with new AT1

Spain’s Abanca sold the year’s first subordinated deal in euros on Thursday, when it issued a perpetual non-call 5.5 year additional tier one (AT1) bond to help optimise its capital structure.

Frank Jackman, January 07, 2021
Senior Debt

Non-preferred issuance favoured amid quiet start for FIG

Non-preferred senior and holding company issuance was the focus for bank borrowers in euros this week, in what has been a slow start to the year by FIG market standards. With cheap central bank funding on offer, issuers have opted to start their funding programmes by filling their regulatory buckets.

Frank Jackman, January 07, 2021

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