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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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Public sector borrowers found plenty of demand as they hit the market with dollar deals across the curve on Tuesday. With robust demand and a favourable basis swap for euro funders, more issuers have lined up deals in the currency to follow. -
The UK Debt Management Office launched its first syndication of the new financial year on Tuesday, smashing all previous records for deal and order book size and making a healthy start on the sovereign’s largest ever borrowing programme in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, May 11. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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Both the European Commission and the European Court of Justice have put out statements dismissing the verdict of Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) on the European Central Bank’s Public Sector Purchase Programme, going some way to soothe concerns over the ECB’s future.
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The lure of prestigious, fee-paying Bund syndications has driven banks to up their bids in Germany’s auctions, driving up the bid to cover ratio on its auctions and bringing down the sovereign’s cost of funds.
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The UK Debt Management Office has picked the banks to lead the sale of its new October 2061 conventional Gilt, which will be its second of an unprecedented two syndications in a single calendar month.
