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◆ First of seven syndications breaks multiple records ◆ Investor engagement and communications helped stable execution ◆ Smaller programme this year but ‘still a lot’ to tackle
Busy and ‘euro-heavy’ week ahead but dollar pipeline also building with issuers set to bring forward bond plans
◆ Minimal premium paid ◆ Size at top of range ◆ Issuer seizes upon stability
◆ 'Cautious' start say some market participants ◆ New issue premium debated ◆ Price and size praised by rivals
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Public sector borrowers are basking in the glow of investor confidence that centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron will win the French presidency on May 7, racking up big euro deals that are racing tighter in secondaries. In the dollar market, demand is strong too as issuers take advantage of a supply starved buy-side. -
The European Financial Stability Facility on Tuesday priced a dual tranche deal that bankers are describing as possibly its greatest ever, laying to rest some of its other long dated trades this year that drew criticism. A pair of other issuers have also hit screens in a euro market enjoying what one syndicate head called “probably the best conditions we’ve seen in months”.
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French spreads have crunched in tighter after Emmanuel Macron topped the first round of voting in the French presidential election at the weekend — but don’t expect them to rally much further from here. With Macron now a shoo-in for the presidency and the European Central Bank likely following a tightening path, European public sector issuers might find that this is the cheapest level they’ll be able to borrow at for some time.
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The UK Debt Management Office has tweaked its funding target for the 2017-18 financial year, cutting its planned Gilt sales by £900m to £114.2bn. The sovereign has also picked a bond for its next syndication.
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The result of the first round of the French election has imbued the markets with a fresh confidence, prompting the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to mandate banks for its third dual tranche trade in a row.
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A strong showing from Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French election has been greeted as an “overwhelmingly positive development” by those in capital markets, according to a head of SSA DCM, and provides an exceptional backdrop for the European Financial Stability Facility’s expected benchmark.
