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All as expected by the market, but lack of more details regarding bill issuance somewhat disappoints
◆ Sovereign back in euros, alternating from dollars in 2025 ◆ “Very low double digit” spread over Germany ◆ Sweden, KfW key comps
Likely successor as UK prime minister Andy Burnham further to the political 'left than anyone else’ but market hopeful that scope for more borrowing is limited
Fiscal targets for 2026 already met, more early debt repayments underway
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The US Treasury held a seven year auction on Thursday, coming in the midst of a sharp sell-off in the Treasury curve. The result was the Treasury’s worst bid to cover ratio since 2009. -
Italy published its much anticipated green bond framework on Thursday, ahead of a debut green BTP later in 2021.
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UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has proposed a “British Recovery Bond” — a retail government issue that would be used to finance SME lending to help kick-start the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. It can be tempting to dismiss such measures as political posturing, but there are some genuine advantages to the proposal, and it deserves its day.
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SSA bond supply dwindled last week meaning an outstanding performance from Hamburger Hochbahn’s debut bond, which was six times subscribed and managed a huge 26bp tightening from initial price thoughts, weighed heavily on primary market indicators.
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ECB president Christine Lagarde said the ECB is “closely monitoring the evolution of longer-term nominal bond yields” in her speech at the opening plenary session of the European semester. The rise in eurozone government bond yields subsided during her speech.
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HSBC has reorganised the management of its public sector debt capital markets business following the departure of Frédéric Gabizon at the end of March after a 35 year stint at the bank.
