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Issuers to make better use of September window, and October pipeline now looks ‘very thin’ as rates worries add to US mid-term concerns
◆ Swedish agency brought tightly priced five year bond ◆ Pick-up to US govvie hits new low ◆ Quality of demand 'exceptionally high' from the get-go
◆ 'New SSA on the block' returns after six months ◆ Two more green bonds added to euro curve ◆ Pricing flat to fair value, 'consistent' spread to Dutch govvie achieved
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Greece hit the market this week with a €2bn tap, neatly threading a needle between the EU’s jumbo debut and a hefty 30 year from Italy. But unlike other sovereigns, the exercise was not a scramble for cash to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. -
A number of MTN investors are waiting for the result of the US election before committing themselves to the market, meaning next week is set to be a quiet one.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress European sovereigns have made in their funding programmes towards the end of October.
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After months of waiting as even the great whites of the SSA oceans kept clear of primary bond sales in anticipation, the EU — now a bond market megalodon by comparison — cruised into a bait ball a quarter of a trillion euros big this week to take a €17bn bite out of its enormous pandemic recovery borrowing programme. Lewis McLellan and Bill Thornhill report.
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Europe’s bevy of recovery lending packages is undoubtedly a welcome gesture, but it may remain just that — a gesture. If trends continue as they are, some countries may prefer market lending to concessional loans from Europe.
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