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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 Slovak Republic returned to the Swiss franc market on Monday, after pricing its debut Sfr425m dual trancher in April, to tap its 10 year clip by Sfr75m and take the overall deal’s size to Sfr500m — an unvoiced ambition the borrower had harboured since the original execution.
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Swedish Export Credit Corp (SEK) tested demand for five year dollars on Wednesday, the first SSA issuer to go longer than three years since Finland issued its 2017 bond on 25 April, with most borrowers focused on the more defensive three year tenor.
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Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) this week joined the parade of Korean issuers visiting the Swiss franc market, pricing a Sfr150m 1.25% three year note on Tuesday, its first trade in the currency since 2008.
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Record low pricing for a €5bn three year bond from KfW, a two year Schatz auction and three German Pfandbriefe this week showed the extreme lengths to which investors are prepared to go in order to secure a safe home for their money.
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