Spanish Sovereign
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Public sector issuers from the eurozone periphery this week drew big books on deals that later tightened in secondary trading, as expectations that Italy could be added to the long list of European elections this year failed to deter investors. -
A pair of eurozone periphery SSAs are tackling opposite ends of the euro curve this week. Italy will launch a 30 year benchmark on Wednesday, while a Spanish agency drew a doubly subscribed book for a three year.
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Emmanuel Macron’s election as French president last weekend was the catalyst for a flood of revved up euro deals this week, with issuers and investors aiming at the long end of the curve as the biggest known political risk in Europe this year passed with a market-friendly outcome. Craig McGlashan reports.
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Emmanuel Macron’s topping of the first round of the French presidential election last weekend drove the best euro funding conditions for months. Public sector borrowers duly piled into the primary market. With more political risk ahead, many are racing to be 75% done for the year by summer, writes Craig McGlashan.
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Elation in the euro markets after the first round of the French presidential election at the weekend continues to wash over the public sector bond markets, with the Province of Quebec selling its largest ever benchmark in the currency and Spain printing €5bn of inflation-linked paper.
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The European Financial Stability Facility on Tuesday priced a dual tranche deal that bankers are describing as possibly its greatest ever, laying to rest some of its other long dated trades this year that drew criticism. A pair of other issuers have also hit screens in a euro market enjoying what one syndicate head called “probably the best conditions we’ve seen in months”.
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Talks are set to begin in Spain to reform the financing mechanism for the country’s regions, which could lead some to their return to the primary bond market for the first time in years. But as with seemingly everything in bonds this year, politics could yet scupper the efforts, write Craig McGlashan and Victor Jimenez.
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Market participants were unimpressed by the European Union's effort at the long end, but the week's other benchmarks fared better.
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The palette of socially responsible investment bonds is expanding. Two borrowers made SRI debuts this week with a social inclusion bond and a sustainability bond, while a third has announced its intention to follow suit.
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A pair of European borrowers debuted socially responsible investment bonds on Monday, raising a combined €1.2bn, with one able to tighten its price by several basis points.
