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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 Inter-American Investment Corporation’s (IIC) capital markets career got off to a flying start this week with a debut transaction that was increased in size, priced 5bp through initial pricing thoughts and attracted demand from a diverse and high quality investor base — and this despite the below-radar size of the borrower’s funding needs of $300m to $350m a year.
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Spain raised an impressive €5bn of three to 20 year money on Thursday to all but complete its borrowing requirement for the year, in what had been tipped as a potentially tricky auction. Despite the size achieved the auction was not a resounding success and the bonds sold off post auction.
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The Slovak Republic joined the CEE sovereign pre-funding bonanza in style on Wednesday, pricing a €1.25bn 12 year euro benchmark 5bp through initial price thoughts.
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Republic of Slovenia received a set-back to a debt market revival on Tuesday morning as Standard & Poor’s placed its A rating on CreditWatch with negative implications, following hiccups in the government’s reform programme.
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Spain’s plans to meet its long term redemptions with short dated debt in 2013 has drawn comparisons with the Portugal’s funding strategy before its bailout in 2011.