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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
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SSA bankers took heart from a clear tiering of peripheral Eurozone sovereigns this week as Spain and Italy managed to shrug off Wednesday’s collapse in Greek government bonds.
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The Industrial Development Bank of India mandated banks for its first ever Swiss roadshow this week, setting itself up to be the latest in a string of issuers from the subcontinent to issue in Swiss francs. The bank mandated Credit Suisse, UBS and BNP Paribas for the roadshow, which is scheduled for the beginning of May.
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The Republic of Indonesia returned to the international bond market this week, raising $2.5bn from a deal that generated almost $7bn of demand.
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The Republic of Indonesia was marketing a multi-billion dollar 10 year bond yesterday and got a big response from investors, while a variety of high yield corporations plotted their own smaller deals.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency debt remains off the Swiss franc primary debt menu after swap rates slumped this week on negative news flow from the European periphery and as a result of the S&P outlook downgrade for the US.
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Domestic issuers took centre stage this week in the Swiss franc market despite tough market conditions. Negative market sentiment and volatile mid-swap rates slowed down what was already scheduled to be a quiet week before Easter.