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'Everyone is ready for summer to be over' as SSA wave builds for Monday
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’
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The International Finance Corporation crowned a week of strong dollar trades by re-opening the five year part of the curve with a deal that grew to be its largest ever. Meanwhile, the European Investment Bank and Swedish Export Credit Corporation targeted the short end and were rewarded with oversubscribed prints.
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CDS: week’s biggest movers — Markit CDX North America investment grade index — Markit iTraxx Europe subordinated financials index — Markit iTraxx Europe senior financials index — Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe index — Markit iTraxx Europe index — Markit iTraxx crossover index
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Instituto de Crédito Oficial, which nipped in to take advantage of a clear issuance window on Thursday to price an October 2015 benchmark, hopes to sell a further benchmark — either in euros or dollars — before the end of the year.
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Italy will opt for a eurozone inflation linked trade if it comes back with another syndication this year, SSA Markets can reveal, although the well-funded issuer could rely on its auction programme until the new year.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency bond markets have roared back into life following one of the quietest summers of recent years. Borrowers got a bevy of large, oversubscribed deals away in dollars and euros, and there’s plenty more in the pipeline — around 10 borrowers are looking at dollar deals over the next month, and if issuance conditions remain attractive the number could be even higher.
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Barbados has chosen banks for a bond deal of up to $500m coupled with an liability management exercise, according to LatAm debt bankers.