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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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Spanish government bond yields screamed in on Thursday afternoon following comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi that led to expectations that the ECB may soon unleash a second round of its Securities Markets Programme.
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Ireland raised €5.23bn in its bond sale and bond switch on Thursday, a result that reflected growing investor confidence in the country’s eventual return to financial health. It marks the first time Ireland has sold new long-dated government bonds since it entered the European Union bail-out programme in September 2010.
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SEK and FMS Wertmanagement printed impressive trades in sterling on Thursday, with FMS proving that the negative outlook that Moody’s slapped on the German sovereign has not destroyed investor demand for the country’s agencies.
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An Italian auction of two year zero coupon paper on Thursday demonstrated that Italy is not immune from the bondholder fears that surround Spanish debt. However, expectations that the Securities Markets Purchase Programme part II might be on its way brought yields hooning in again.
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Ireland was set to test investor confidence in the Irish economy, which returned to growth in 2011, as SSA Markets went to press. The sovereign announced the sale of Irish government bonds for terms of up to eight years and a bond exchange on Thursday.
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Asif Sherani is joining HSBC's public sector syndicate in London, reporting to PJ Bye, global head of public sector syndicate. Sherani previously worked on the syndicate desk at Royal Bank of Scotland.