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A deluge of euro paper hit the SSA bond market this week as issuers flocked to the market to take advantage of the surge in confidence after the European Central Bank expanded its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) last week. But the strain is showing in the secondary market. -
Europe's corporate bond investors are clamouring for issuers to print higher risk bonds with borrowers proving happy to oblige, as money pumped into the market by the European Central Bank crushes spreads on top-rated, short and medium-dated debt ever tighter, and despite a clear display of pessimism from the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday. Mike Turner reports.
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Weaker trading conditions have done little to shake expectations for a new wave of additional tier one (AT1) supply, writes Tyler Davies, with three banks having reopened the market in emphatic fashion this week, issuing €3.1bn-equivalent of debt into more than €20bn of demand.
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The dollar bond market for sovereigns, supranationals and agencies was subdued this week, at least in comparison to the ebullient euro market. A gloomy outlook from the US Federal Open Markets Committee has unsettled investors and the SSA market is not expecting any deals.
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Conditions in the financial institutions bond market worsened this week but plenty of senior and subordinated bonds still got away. With credit spreads unpredictable, the supply outlook remains favourable, said bankers.
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Frontier currency bonds are offering development finance institutions (DFIs) a way to offset exchange rate risks for their clients during the coronavirus crisis. With the number of disruptive events increasing, market participants feel that frontier currency bonds could provide a prudent way to decrease risk for developing country borrowers.
