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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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Any fears that the inaugural public bond by FMS Wermanagement would struggle to find investors due to its complicated guarantee structure were blown away by the transaction’s Eu11bn plus book size when its Eu3bn no-grow five year was launched this week.
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The European Union overcame both credit markets in meltdown and its own stodgy standing this week to redefine the sovereign, supranational and agency debt markets with the largest volume ever raised from international bonds on consecutive days, Eu9.5bn.
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Canadian investors’ increasing openness to foreign issuers has kept the Maple sector busy over the last two weeks. After deals from Lloyds and Korea Gas Corp this year, Kommunalbanken issued a C$275m 10 non-call five, the first subordinated note issued by a sovereign agency in this market. It also marked the return of SSAs to the Maple market after three years.