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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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Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) this week gave debt bankers in Asia a flicker of hope in what was otherwise a depressingly quiet week. After turning to the offshore renminbi market for funding, it sold three small deals that beat the policy bank’s price targets.
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The Republic of the Philippines is holding back a planned $3bn debt financing until bond markets become more stable, despite some bankers and analysts arguing that now is a good time for Asia’s top-rated credits to tap the bond market.
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Should Asia’s top credits tap the bond market now? The poor performance of secondary markets, the wellspring of bad news from Europe and the US and the increasingly defensive attitude of investors all seem to point to a definitive no. But some bankers and analysts think now could be a good time for well regarded issuers to raise money.
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Panic took hold of European equity and debt markets on Thursday, even after the European Central Bank revived its buying of government bonds in the secondary market.
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Wide Norwegian swap spreads, combined with expensive government bonds, pushed investors to purchase large amounts of sovereign, supranational and agency paper in the Norwegian krone market this week.