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Primary market for public sector unlikely to see large transactions until after Easter, reckon bankers
Market participants pray for no negative news overnight in hope of ‘pre-Easter wave of issuance’
Two day executions expose dollar issuers to market volatility
◆ 'Pragmatic' and 'flexible' about execution window ◆ Tight spreads to Germany, Netherlands achieved ◆ Trio of euro deals to come on Tuesday
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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.
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Norway began taking indications of interest on Tuesday for its fifth ever syndicated transaction as it continues its path towards becoming a regular issuer of public benchmark bonds.
