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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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Underscoring its impeccable credit and vast experience, the World Bank gave a borrower masterclass in navigating intense volatility this week. As US Treasuries surged in the face of the continuing eurozone crisis and swap spreads lurched up and down, the Washington based development lender harnessed huge appetite for dollar paper to reopen the five year sector — and pave the way for further supranational and agency issuers.
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Kommunalbanken issued its first "green bond" last week, a dual tranche three year Uridashi via lead manager HSBC.
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The European sovereign, supranational and agency debt markets recovered some of their poise late this week after a unilateral move by the German regulator to ban some forms of short-selling initially created havoc when announced on Tuesday evening. But more tough trading sessions await the currency bloc with European Union finance ministers meeting today (Friday) when the German parliament is also due to vote on the country’s bail-out contributions.
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An auction of Eu5.2bn of 30 year debt by the Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) this week demonstrated healthy demand for long dated euro product from one of the shining examples of the euro area, despite the volatility surrounding the broader European sovereign sector.