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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 Kingdom of Spain gave the strongest sign yet that the uncertainty surrounding a bailout for the Cypriot banking system has failed to impact the rest of the eurozone as the sovereign powered over its maximum target at an auction on Thursday.
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The Kingdom of Sweden issued its third successive foreign currency deal in as many months with a surprise three year dollar bond announced on Thursday morning. Despite pricing of mid-swaps less 6bp – a record low for 2013 – books were well over $1.2bn and a $1bn trade is on course for pricing later this afternoon.
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The UK’s Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Wednesday it will cut its planned syndication volumes for financial year 2013-2014 by more than half as compared to the previous fiscal year. The issuer also announced a slightly smaller funding target in its financing remit for the new fiscal year which will begin in April.
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The Republic of Portugal’s short term borrowing costs dropped at an auction on Wednesday, despite eurozone policymakers’ dithering over a bailout for the Cypriot banking system and talk of contagion spreading to other peripheral eurozone countries.
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Suggestions that the Republic of Italy could increase its 2013 funding target in order to pay off private creditors have led to a slight softening of investor appetite for the credit, analysts said on Tuesday.