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'Dead quiet' few weeks will benefit issuers as excess bonds need absorption before issuance starts to ‘fire on all cylinders’ from August 17
Supplying a ‘diversity of instruments’ is important for sovereign to meet needs of different investors, says DMO chief
◆ First of two planned linker syndications for 2026-7 executed swiftly ◆ Earlier book open, quick three hour execution to limit risk ◆ £93bn of Gilts issued off year's £246bn programme since April 1
Sovereign issuer overcomes challenges to revive public dollar presence after half a decade’s silence
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France has outlined plans to issue a new 20 year syndicated bond, confirming market speculation that the sovereign was looking to join its eurozone sovereign peers in tapping the capital markets to finance its revised funding programme for 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. -
The pain that negative rates in dollars could cause money market funds hangs like an albatross around the US Federal Reserve’s neck. Talk of them has picked up over the last week as US Federal Funds Futures prices started to imply they were on their way, while president Donald Trump pushed the topic on Twitter, even though and Fed chair Jerome Powell appeared to rule them out.
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Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds were among the worst performing high yield notes in Asia last week, as the country continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic and refinancing pressures loom.
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Italy has announced the details of a new BTP Italia sale, which will take place from Monday May 18, and be aimed at financing measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The UK Debt Management Office launched its first bond syndication of the new financial year on Tuesday, smashing all previous records for deal and order book size and making a healthy start on its largest ever borrowing programme in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the huge size, the deal caused “barely a ripple”, thanks to the support of the Bank of England’s asset purchase facility.
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