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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
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Public sector borrowers wasted no time in getting back to business in the euro market in 2021 with one live deal and four mandates all hitting screens on Monday as issuers look to take advantage of an almost full trading week and a supportive market to make a dent in their brand new funding programmes. -
We are finally able to look back over a uniquely stressful year in capital markets. To describe it as unprecedented has become cliché, but it is an unavoidable term when describing the economic disruption the world faced, and the way in which the SSA market responded. Now, with the end of the year in sight, we take stock some of the SSA bond market’s biggest moments of 2020.
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The US stimulus package seemed all but a done deal until Tuesday night. The $900bn, 5,593 page bill was passed by both houses and requires only President Donald Trump’s signature to become law. Though this seemed a foregone conclusion, Trump is threatening to withhold his signature unless the size of the relief is increased, not that bond markets seemed fazed by the late upset.
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For years, meeting obligations has been the be-all and end-all of emerging market debt management. Pay your debts, or wave goodbye to international investors.
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The UK Debt Management Office has responded to a letter from the chair of Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee Mel Stride, questioning whether the DMO’s syndications were priced to obtain the best value possible for the taxpayer.
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The looming threat of a no deal Brexit, as well as the chaos ensuing from the UK’s new stricter restrictions to combat Covid-19, caused Gilt yields to plunge on Monday morning. Unless EU and UK politicians are able to come to agreement on a trade deal soon, negative rates look almost inevitable.
