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Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
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Summer in full swing but first two weeks of August not completely off the cards for non-euro deals
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French regions and local authorities are still finding plenty of demand for their euro medium term notes despite volumes hitting an all time high, dealers said this week.
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ÖBB-Infrastruktur and the Joint Laender defied uncertainty on the US debt ceiling this week to sell long dated bonds in euros. While ÖBB was rewarded with a healthy oversubscription for its 20 year deal, the Joint Laender deal failed to reach subscription with a 10 year print — though bankers close to the deal said that it was a decent showing compared with some of the issuer's recent trades.
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Euro funding issuers that also borrow in dollars may increasingly look to print in their home currency as a move in the euro/dollar basis swap has eliminated much of the arbitrage that issuers might pick up by printing in dollars.
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The Republic of Poland dipped into euros this week to tap a €1bn 1.625% January 2019 bond it originally sold at the start of this year. The tap is expected to be used for pre-funding purposes, as the sovereign has already filled its 2013 international funding requirement.
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Republic of Poland was in the market on Thursday with a tap of a €1bn 1.625% January 2019 bond it originally sold at the start of the year. The tap is expected to be used for pre-funding purposes, as the sovereign has already filled its 2013 international funding requirement.
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Italy has fine tuned a control to limit the size of its next domestic inflation linked bond — scheduled for early next month — after raising more than €35bn through the last two issues of the instrument.