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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 European Investment Bank targeted the far end of its Swiss franc curve on Thursday afternoon, selling a 20 year bond. The 2033 maturity makes it comfortably the longest dated bond from an international issuer in Swiss francs this year, catching the attention of institutional investors.
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Montenegro has mandated bookrunners for a bond deal and plans to price the transaction in June, said bankers close to the deal. Despite the country’s weak fundamentals, a small deal in a medium tenor should have no trouble attracting investors, said analysts.
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The primary market is expected to pick up again next week for sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers after disappointments this week. They left investors more focused on turbulence in the US Treasury market and falling stock markets worldwide than on supporting new bond deals in a week that was peppered with holidays in the US, UK and parts of Europe.
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The Arab Republic of Egypt issued a $2.7bn 4.25% 2014 bond via bookrunners HSBC and QNB Capital on Tuesday. The note was issued from the country’s $12bn EMTN programme but a syndicate official at one of the banks said that the note had not been placed through his desk.
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Italian yields rose at an auction of five and 10 year debt on Thursday but the sovereign is still in a comfortable funding position ahead of the summer, said analysts.