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Pension funds 'very much present' in the deal and central bank demand 'quite remarkable', says issuer
◆ Sovereign takes plunge into 30 year ◆ Book almost twice that of 2024 deal ◆ Large size, tight NIP, others encouraged
◆ Sovereign continues to break record after record ◆ New deal was 'a blowout by every definition' ◆ Second wave of EGBs underway, Belgium next
New mandate follows S&P outlook upgrade last Friday
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The EU should further loosen bank leverage ratio requirements if it wants to avoid a credit crunch amid Covid-19, according to Michael Lever, head of prudential regulation at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe. -
Spain’s economy ministry has announced an update to the sovereign’s 2020 funding programme, which will see it borrow much more than initially announced as it tackles the pandemic.
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The head of the Cyprus public debt management office believes that the amount Cyprus can claim under the ESM pandemic support facility “is insufficient to justify any such action”.
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Cyprus may become the first country to access the ESM’s pandemic support line, borrowing 2% of its GDP for up to 10 years.
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France and Germany presented a joint plan for a €500bn grant-based EU recovery fund earlier this week. Eurozone periphery investors reacted with delight, but other member states resisted. Despite the opposition, most believe that Germany’s support of the plan marks a sea change in European politics and offers a chance for Europe to catch up with the Covid-19 spending of other developed economies, writes Lewis McLellan.
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Citi picks Nick Darrant as syndicate head — And it sets up new sustainability and science units — JP Morgan reveals next layer of DCM, ECM and M&A bosses
