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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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A rates and structured sales banker at NordLB has resigned and will taking a job in the treasury department of Ålandsbanken, a bank headquartered in the Åland Islands, an autonomous region in Finland. -
UBS and Citi trader Tom Hayes was jailed for 11 years for manipulating Libor. But while the trader argued that he was made a scapegoat for the financial crisis, perhaps the rate he rigged is a bigger victim.
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Ukraine’s GDP warrants are trading around a cash price of 85. That is way below JP Morgan's view that fair value is closer to 135. No matter the new, surprisingly positive GDP growth forecasts and enthusiasm for the country’s new leadership, from the trading numbers it seems clear that investors do not believe they will get their money from Ukraine.
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The state of Israel returned to the yen market for the first time in 18 years this week to raise ¥15bn ($140m) of seven year debt. The private placement marks the state’s third visit to the capital markets in 2019 and its first non-euro trade of the year.
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The supranational and agency bond market’s love affair with green and socially themed bonds has reached a new intensity. Most large issuers now have programmes and they are deepening them with new assets. Government issuance is less advanced, but will soon overtake, as sovereigns copy the high profile, signalling deals of their neighbours. Jon Hay reports
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Germany’s constitutional court said this week that the EU had not exceeded its powers when establishing the first two pillars of the banking union, dismissing a law suit brought forward by a group of academics.
