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Month-end buying from investors in secondary market to determine backdrop for next wave of issuance
‘Pragmatic’ approach from borrowers set to benefit upcoming wall of issuance
◆ Nordic sovereign brings year's final euro deal ◆ Pricing strategy adjusted after secondary widening ◆ Land NRW attracts with pick-up over KfW
◆ Germany taps 2056s for second time this year, taking €4bn ◆ Spread was fixed from the start, rare for the issuer ◆ ‘Very, very flat’ 2054-2056 roll was key to the decision
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Bond market participants will be on tenterhooks for the European Central Bank’s latest monetary policy decision on Thursday. The rapidity of the European recovery, and the apparent return of inflation have stoked fears that the ECB would begin to discuss tapering its asset purchase programmes. -
Europe’s holiday from the budget constraints of the Stability and Growth Pact will soon be at an end, but few are eager to return to austere times and limited borrowing. The EU’s sustainability agenda is a clear way around it.
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Italy scored its second 10 year BTP syndication of the year on Tuesday as it took advantage of less volatile market conditions ahead of a crucial European Bank governing council meeting on Thursday. Greece will follow with a syndicated tap of its outstanding 10 year bond on Wednesday.
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Oesterreichische Kontrollbank hit the market for sterling paper on Tuesday, extending its curve with a 2025 maturity.
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Public sector borrowers have got off to a busy start to the week in euros, with two live deals on Monday set to be followed by at least three on Tuesday, including Italy, as issuers look to get in ahead of a hotly anticipated European Central governing council meeting on Thursday.
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The sovereign green bond market could get a tremendous boost, economists believe, from the European Commission's changing attitudes to member states' fiscal deficits, writes Lewis McLellan.
