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BoE to keep Gilts in check, despite booming issuance
Gilt market participants are expecting UK government borrowing to explode to close to £300bn this year.
09 Apr 2020 -
Failure on coronabonds, but Eurogroup dangles 'recovery fund'
The Eurogroup has, once again, manifestly failed to come to a unanimous position on coronabonds.
08 Apr 2020 -
SRI fund manager calls for social bonds for coronavirus
The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) and local councils should sell social bonds to help tackle the Covid-19 crisis, said a director for responsible investment at a large asset manager.
08 Apr 2020 -
Conduits drew backup lines in CP market crunch
Banks sponsoring asset-backed commercial paper conduits activated the liquidity lines backing up these vehicles in the days before Federal Reserve intervention started to stabilise commercial paper markets, as rates spiked and investors focused on only the shortest maturities.
08 Apr 2020 -
Eurogroup fails to agree economic rescue package
Finance ministers have agreed on the use of the European Stability Mechanism, the European Investment Bank and a new unemployment fund as a fiscal response to the coronavirus crisis, but they remain split on language about a possible common recovery fund.
08 Apr 2020 -
EU countries near agreement on economic rescue package
The European Investment Bank, the European Stability Mechanism and a new unemployment fund are set to play a part in EU finance minsters’ response to the coronavirus crisis.
07 Apr 2020 -
Ach du lieber Himmel! Germany lines up return to syndications as funding needs boom
Germany’s Finanzagentur has outlined plans to sell its first syndicated bonds since 2015, with a new 15 year in May and a reopening of an existing 30 year bond in June.
07 Apr 2020 -
SSA secondary pricing update: L-Bank achieves strong performance
Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, April 6.
07 Apr 2020 -
Banks carry on conduit lending despite coronavirus crunch
According to data from the European Securities and Markets Authority, new trade receivables securitizations are still being regularly financed by banks through their asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduits, with market participants saying that lenders remain open for business — for existing clients only.
06 Apr 2020 -
EC vows €100bn for jobless, but still no coronabonds
Those pleading for a shared EU-level fiscal response to the economic damage of the coronavirus outbreak were thrown a bone on Thursday when Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, promised a €100bn unemployment fund backed by €25bn from EU member states.
02 Apr 2020
Sovereigns
Bond Comments
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Ireland EUR6bn 0.2% May 27
08 Apr 2020 -
Belgium EUR8bn 0% Oct 27
02 Apr 2020 -
Portugal EUR5bn 0.7% Oct 27
02 Apr 2020 -
Austria EUR5bn 0% Apr 23, EUR2.5bn 0.75% Mar 51
27 Mar 2020 -
Sweden USD2bn 0.75% Mar 22
26 Mar 2020 -
Spain EUR10bn 0.8% Jul 27
26 Mar 2020 -
Spain EUR5bn 1% Oct 50
27 Feb 2020 -
Belgium EUR5bn 0.4% Jun 40
20 Feb 2020 -
Norway NOK24bn 1.375% Aug 30
13 Feb 2020 -
UK DMO GBP2.5bn 1.625% Oct 71 Tap
13 Feb 2020 -
Italy EUR9bn 1.45% Mar 36
13 Feb 2020 -
Finland EUR3bn 0.125% Apr 36
06 Feb 2020 -
Austria EUR3.25bn Feb 30 0%
30 Jan 2020 -
Greece EUR2.5bn Feb 35 1.875%
30 Jan 2020 -
France EUR5bn May 52 0.75%
30 Jan 2020 -
Italy EUR7bn 2.45% Sep 50
16 Jan 2020 -
Belgium EUR6bn 0.1% Jun 30
16 Jan 2020 -
Spain EUR10bn 0.5% Apr 30
16 Jan 2020 -
Portugal EUR4bn 0.475% Oct 30
09 Jan 2020 -
Ireland EUR4bn 0.4% Jan 25
09 Jan 2020
