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The Kingdom of Spain topped its own size expectations in its last debt sale of the year on Tuesday — while Italian and Spanish government bond yields took a double digit dive.
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The UK’s Debt Management Office and the Dutch State Treasury Agency have taken a “sensible” approach by targeting long dated deals in the early part of 2013, bankers told SSA Markets.
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Standard & Poor’s cut its outlook on the UK’s credit rating on Thursday evening, leaving the UK lumbered with a negative outlook on its AAA rating from all three major ratings agencies. However, the impact on UK government debt has been minimal and even a full downgrade of the UK’s credit rating in 2013 is unlikely to cause much damage.
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Spanish issuers rode on the back of a well received auction for their sovereign and diminishing concerns over eurozone reform to print a series of privately placed taps on Thursday. The relatively small size of the Spanish auction had played a crucial role in allowing the credits to print, said dealers.
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European government bond markets will have to find something else to worry about for the next few months, following this week’s successful buyback of Greek PSI bonds.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank issued its first Kangaroo debt in six years on Thursday. The issuer hopes that it will be able to bring further Kangaroo bonds in 2013 on the back of investor interest in the superior yields generally on offer in Australian dollars.