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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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A string of Korean issuers want to sell international bonds during the first two weeks of September, but bankers say these plans are becoming frustratingly hard to firm up because of uncertainty over the timing of a dollar issue from the South Korean sovereign, writes Frances Yoon.
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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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Jordan has signed a loan agreement with the US, which will guarantee the principal and coupon payments on a seven year bond deal of up to $1.25bn from the sovereign.
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Bolivia will show the varying approaches that issuers are taking to rising Treasury rates and the resulting volatility by looking to print $500m of 10 year bonds on Thursday.
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FMS Wertmanagement, the German winding-up agency, has the market all to itself after announcing on Wednesday the first syndicated new issue in euros in over a week. The trade highlights just how much the SSA market has slowed as borrowers hold off in favour of issuing in what is likely to be a hectic autumn.
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Weaker than expected GDP growth could reverse the favourable conditions in Latin American credit quality in the second of 2013 and 2014, said Standard & Poor’s in a report published on Tuesday.