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Emerging Markets

Agencies slash Republic of the Congo rating after default

Republic of the Congo’s bonds dropped four cash points since Tuesday as all three ratings agencies downgraded the country this week. The downgrades follow the sovereign's default last week on a principal and coupon payment for its only international bond.

Virginia Furness, August 04, 2016
Derivatives

Isolux circles Crossover credit event club

The fate of credit default swaps referencing Grupo Isolux Corsán Finance hung in the balance on Thursday, with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s EMEA Determinations Committee weighing whether the company would become the third of last August’s five widest trading iTraxx Crossover constituents to trigger a credit event in 12 months.

Dan Alderson, August 04, 2016
Supras and agencies

BoE eases but SSA sterling arbitrage still too tough

The Bank of England surprised market participants with the level of monetary easing it announced at a meeting on Thursday, but its decision is unlikely to lead to a large increase in SSA sterling issuance, said public sector bankers.

Craig McGlashan, August 04, 2016
Derivatives

Rarity factor as BoE follows ECB's lead on corp QE

The Bank of England doesn’t often follow the European Central Bank. During the financial crisis and its aftermath, the Bank was quick to cut interest rates and implement quantitative easing. The ECB was still raising rates in July 2008, and didn’t start QE until 2015.

Dan Alderson, August 04, 2016
Corporate Bonds

Bank of England joins corporate QE club

Sterling corporate issuers stood ready to take a lump out of their costs of funding on Thursday after the Bank of England announced a £10bn bond buying programme targeting their market.

Ross Lancaster, August 04, 2016
Corporate Bonds

EDP swoops for €1bn long seven year during August lull

Energias de Portugal made an opportunistic grab for euros on Thursday, proving that even as August begins, healthy order books and negative new issue premiums are still available for corporate bond issuers.

Ross Lancaster, August 04, 2016
Supras and agencies

KfW prices through Aussie secondary market

KfW was able to price through its curve as it reopened an Australian dollar bond on Wednesday evening Australian time.

Silas Brown, August 04, 2016
CLOs

Regulators flag US corporate debt levels

Corporate indebtedness in the US continues to be a focus for regulators, financiers and CLO investors, following the release of the 2016 Shared National Credit (SNC) review earlier this month.

Sam Kerr, August 04, 2016
FIG People and Markets

Intesa’s NPL growth slows as it shines in stress test

Intesa Sanpaolo beat analysts’ earnings expectations for the second quarter and came out shining in last week’s stress tests. Though its pile of non-performing loans is still growing, the bank has escaped the asset quality and capital adequacy fears that dog Italy’s other large banks.

Elly Whittaker, August 04, 2016
Emerging Markets

Ghana falters as African risk appetite finds its limit

Investor appetite for African risk seems to have found its upper limit as even the EM bulls would not stretch to buying Ghanaian sovereign risk at the asking price on Thursday, writes Virginia Furness.

Virginia Furness, August 04, 2016
Investment Grade Loans

Vitec swaps one bank in £125m refinancing

Vitec, the UK supplier of equipment to the broadcasting and photography industries, has refinanced its £125m credit facility, replacing one bank in the syndicate.

Robert Cooke, August 04, 2016
CMBS

Wells launches risk retention test CMBS at 2016 tights

Wells Fargo on Thursday launched the first ever risk retention compliant CMBS, bringing the benchmark triple-A class at 94bp over swaps, the tightest level of 2016 and 14bp tighter than the the most recent offering, demonstrating willingness on the part of investors to pay up for deal in which issuers have skin in the game.

Max Adams, August 04, 2016

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