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Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
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The World Bank revisited the New Zealand dollar market following a year’s absence after improved national budgetary conditions allowed it to take advantage of wider swap spreads in the currency. Bankers said the trade could be a bellwether for further supply in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector.
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The Swiss bond market stalled this week despite investors’ rush for safe havens as the Swiss National Bank combated what it called the "massively overvalued" franc. But cutting rates and pumping up liquidity failed to cool the currency, which reached new highs on Thursday.
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China’s Ministry of Finance gave the offshore renminbi bond market a shot in the arm this week, revealing plans to raise Rmb20bn ($3.11bn).
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The Republic of the Philippines is planning a bumper bond offering, raising as much as $3bn from a mix of global peso bonds and dollar-denominated debt — underlining the importance of synthetic peso bonds to the country’s funding strategy.
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The benchmark debt market underlined its reluctance towards all but the supranational elite this week as KfW had to settle for a $1.25bn Eurodollar deal on Thursday. Although the Goldman Sachs and UBS-led four year was increased from an initial $1bn, it replaced a potential three year global in the face of challenging conditions for even a triple-A German agency.