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Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
OATs and OLOs could weaken further versus Bunds while southern European countries and EU continue to paint a positive picture
Uncertainty looms large as presidential race far from clear and budget negotiations potentially ‘highly challenging’
Summer in full swing but first two weeks of August not completely off the cards for non-euro deals
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The International Finance Corporation could be set to blaze a trail for other issuers when its new Banking on Women Bond launches next month, MTN bankers said this week.
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Any sovereign, supranational or agency issuers mulling a dollar print in the coming weeks would be well advised to come, SSA bankers said this week, after strong investor demand drove a slew of heavily oversubscribed dollar deals. But as most of the issuers in the pipeline printed this week, few are left — particularly as the euro/dollar basis swap has moved to eliminate much of the arbitrage that euro-funding issuers can pick up through printing dollars.
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Washington supranationals and other dollar funders could use arbitrage opportunities in the sterling market to round out their year with public and private trades, said MTN dealers and SSA bankers this week.
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Korean issuers showed no sign of slowing down their frenetic pace in the privately placed medium term note market this week after a record-breaking third quarter. Korea Development Bank, Korea Eximbank and Korea Finance Corporation sold a series of trades.
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The European Financial Stability Facility printed a heavily oversubscribed seven year syndication this week that leaves it with just €1.5bn left to raise before the end of the year.
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Rival currencies, most notably euros but also Canadian and Australian dollars and sterling, are poised to claim a greater share of the sovereign, supranational and agency market in the wake of the US debt ceiling debacle, SSA bankers said this week. The anticipated shift reflects new concerns over political volatility in Treasury spreads meshing with a long term drive to diversify official reserves, writes Nathan Collins.