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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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Germany printed its first federal-regional bond, a Bund-Laender-Anheile (BLA), on Wednesday afternoon at a slight premium to mid-swaps in the first benchmark to grace the public sector debt markets in a week.
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Italy’s six month borrowing costs nearly doubled at a bill auction on Wednesday, as peripheral Eurozone yields remained elevated following the US Federal Reserve’s unveiling of a rough timetable for the unwinding of Quantitative Easing last week.
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Italy’s two year borrowing costs more than doubled amid turbulent markets at auction on Tuesday ahead of an even more daunting task on Thursday when it tests international interest with longer dated debt.
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The UK’s syndication of a 55 year Gilt on Tuesday exceeded expectations — attracting the third largest book ever on a UK syndication in the joint second fastest book build. The Dutch State Treasury Agency also enjoyed strong demand in an auction of five year bonds.
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The very positive response from investors to Ireland’s return to the international bond market at the start of this year was in part a reflection of the vastly improved sentiment that followed the ECB’s momentous OMT initiative last summer.
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Asian governments with weakening currencies will have to pay up to attract investors to auctions of local assets, analysts have warned.