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Meanwhile, Gulf borrowers head private as Iran war volatility keeps public flow thin
◆ Gulf issuers turn to private markets ◆ Public sector and corporate borrowers to bring forward plans ◆ Banks re-enter covered and unsecured funding markets
Easter holidays and Middle East volatility subdued regular private placement activity though Gulf states step up private funding
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Italy shook off renewed threats to its fragile coalition government this week to auction debt at its lowest level since May, while bankers talked up Spain’s ability to extend its curve with a 30 year deal.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten nipped in ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s surprise decision to hold back on the tapering of quantitative easing to print a $127m three year floating rate note on Wednesday.
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Basis swap volatility following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep quantitative easing at its current pace failed to dampen demand for euro funders’ dollar commercial paper on Thursday, as a series of sovereigns, supranationals and agencies printed.
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Canada could issue its first privately placed medium term notes in over a decade this year, EuroWeek can reveal, as the sovereign looks for alternative international funding tools.
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The eurozone periphery’s two heavyweights had contrasting fortunes this week as talk grew of a 50 year privately placed euro medium term note and 30 year benchmark from Spain while Italy — whose 10 year yields rose above its peer’s for the first time in 18 months — suffered a price spike at auction.
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Annemarie Ganatra has spent much of the last decade covering MTNs for HSBC across the globe. In that time, the market has changed dramatically as the financial crisis of 2008 killed off much of the demand for the more exotic structured trades. She spoke to EuroWeek’s Tessa Wilkie about the evolution of the business.