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Inaugural government deal could come in late 2026 or early 2027
◆ New 20 year Bund launched into popular demand ◆ Is 20 years the new 30 years for EGBs? ◆ Fair value in debate
German sovereign goes for conventional over green as smaller peers join a crowded Tuesday
issuer identifies 'most important' syndication metric amid rising international interest
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Thomas Piketty and 100 other economists from across Europe put their signatures to an op-ed this week calling for the ECB to cancel its holdings of government debt. GlobalCapital debates whether it is radical but wise policy making, or would make matters worse still. -
Eurozone inflation leapt up in January, steepening curves and fuelling feverish demand for long-end bond issues. But the move lacks the vigour and commitment of the US reflation trade and economists expect it to subside later in the year. As Lewis McLellan reports, with no prospects of higher rates, investors will be pushed into longer and longer debt maturities as they attempt to lock in positive yields.
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Unlike its last syndication in January, when Spain lost over €75bn of orders after an aggressive move in pricing, the sovereign took a more cautious approach on its return to the public market this week to print its biggest ever 50 year bond.
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Norway comfortably set a new order book record as it came to the market for just its fifth ever syndicated transaction on Wednesday.
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Italian prime minister-designate Mario Draghi must walk a knife-edge if he is to form a government and present a national recovery and resilience plan. If he takes too hard a line the mill of Italian politics will chew him up and spit him out. If he is too quick to compromise, the EU’s life as a giant bond issuer may be shorter than hoped.
