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Nine banks chosen to run £1.5bn borrowing programme
‘Notably better’ spread cements sovereign’s standing, thanks to triple-A rating and solid fiscal position
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
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Banks sponsoring asset-backed commercial paper conduits activated the liquidity lines backing up these vehicles in the days before Federal Reserve intervention started to stabilise commercial paper markets, as rates spiked and investors focused on only the shortest maturities. -
The Republic of Indonesia raised $4.3bn from a triple-tranche bond this week, making quick progress in its effort to fund a fiscal stimulus package that it hopes will soften the damage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Morgan Davis reports.
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Finance ministers have agreed on the use of the European Stability Mechanism, the European Investment Bank and a new unemployment fund as a fiscal response to the coronavirus crisis, but they remain split on language about a possible common recovery fund. They are set to reconvene — virtually — on Thursday afternoon.
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Ireland impressed on-looking supranational, sovereign and agency bond bankers on Tuesday as it received its largest ever order book for a syndication. It was not the only eurozone sovereign in the market as Cyprus printed seven and 30 year bonds.
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The European Investment Bank, the European Stability Mechanism and a new unemployment fund are set to play a part in EU finance minsters’ response to the coronavirus crisis. Coronabonds are likely to be mentioned at their meeting on Tuesday evening, but any concrete plans for mutualised debt look to be elusive at this stage.
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Germany’s Finanzagentur has outlined plans to sell its first syndicated bonds since 2015, with a new 15 year in May and a reopening of an existing 30 year bond in June. It said further syndications could follow in the second half of the year as it comes to terms with a much bigger funding programme in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
