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Bloc to price new five year and 20 year tap as Rome set to end dollar hiatus
A Kilt will pay a spread over Gilts it cannot justify on credit, which makes it a political gesture rather than a funding tool
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The European Commission is forging ahead with plans to introduce sovereign bond-backed securities (SBBS), despite market participants’ lack of enthusiasm for the project. -
A leaked draft of a coalition agreement between Five Star and the Northern League, which are in discussions over forming a government in Italy, caused investors to dump Italian debt, blowing BTP yields out by 9bp.
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News that populist parties in Italy could be positioning to defy Europe over spending and debt levels has rattled some participants, causing some to change their strategies with derivatives.
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South Africa had to contend with an unexpected widening in US Treasuries when marketing its new deal on Tuesday. The resulting sell-off in both South Africa’s curve and the rand meant that the issuer was not able to tighten pricing as much as had been anticipated, and the deal was smaller overall.
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The UK Debt Management Office on Tuesday extended the conventional Gilt curve while breaking two of its syndication records. Bankers off the deal hailed the “great result”, while leads highlighted that the deal was already performing in secondary just a few hours after pricing.
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South Africa has opened books on its first sovereign trade this year and is looking to capitalise on goodwill towards president Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic transformation efforts. It hopes to offset the recent spread widening that has followed weakness in the rand — and in broader emerging markets — as a result of the stronger dollar.
