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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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Peripheral sovereign borrowers’ resurgence back to full market access shows no sign of abating despite the uncertainty surrounding Italy’s political future — a factor that just 12 months ago would have shut the market to the borrower group. Instead, this band of sovereign issuers having enjoyed a vibrant first quarter is planning to pack the rest of the year with new issue highlights and fee-paying syndications.
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Issuers from Spain saw healthy demand for their private placements this week as the country shrugged off any fears of contagion from a poorly received Italian general election last week, boding well for a sovereign auction on Thursday.
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European Union requirements for larger national oil reserves are expected to presage a spate of bond issuance from oil stockholding companies, including Belgium’s Apetra and Spain’s Corporacion de Reservas Estrategicas de Productos Petroliferos (Cores), writes Nathan Collins.
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Rentenbank sold its first Kauri bond since August 2011 on Wednesday, tapping into investor demand for the high yielding currency. KfW and Kommunalbanken also accessed the Australian dollar market this week, with KBN also committing to accessing the Kauri market in the near future.