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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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Agence France Trésor (AFT) led a €12.8bn debt fête from French issuers this week as the country’s borrowers made a conspicuous splash in bond markets. Names across the credit spectrum — from the sovereign to agencies, corporates and banks — blazed a trail through primary debt markets in the holiday-shortened week.
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The German State of North-Rhine Westphalia on Tuesday had one of its most successful recent deals, pulling in over €2.7bn of orders for a €1bn seven year bond that was priced 3bp inside initial price thoughts.
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Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) sold its debut Australian dollar syndicated trade on Wednesday, a five year Eurobond. Despite the issuer’s low credit rating relative to other borrowers in the Australian dollar market, there was plenty of demand from retail investors hunting yield.
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The Republic of Italy’s hopes of issuing a new 30 year benchmark may have to be put on hold until the summer, said SSA bankers this week, as the country’s political deadlock showed no sign of breaking and speculation mounted that new elections would have to be called.
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KfW sold a tap of four year New Zealand dollar debt on Wednesday, after a good response from institutional investors. The issuer is looking into setting up a Kauri programme to expand its borrowing in the currency, EuroWeek understands.