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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 Sweden is set to price its largest ever dollar bond on Wednesday afternoon, a $3bn five year as SSA borrowers revel in the strength of the primary market in dollars. The trade comes on the same day as KfW and a day after the EIB priced $5bn three year global deals each.
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The Kingdom of Spain has made great strides towards regaining full market access by issuing its first dollar bond since September 2009, a step that may well encourage Ireland and Portugal back into the dollar arena to capitalise on US roadshows held in the last couple of months.
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The Slovak Republic has mandated banks for its first benchmark syndication of the year — a 10 year in euros. The four leads are expected to start taking indications of interest on Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile Belgium was set to pay a 4bp-5bp new issue premium to get a five year benchmark away.
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Spain is unlikely to suffer from uncertainty over the political future of one of its peripheral eurozone contemporaries when coming to auction later in the week, according to analysts.
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Kingdom of Belgium has mandated four banks to run its first benchmark of the year, and looking at the initial price thoughts, bankers away from the deal predict it will fly off the shelves.
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The DMO has mandated banks for its final syndicated trade of the 2012 fiscal year, a tap of long-dated inflation linked Gilts. The deal is likely to see sharper investor demand due to the Bank of England’s higher than expected inflation forecast issued on Wednesday.