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Emmanuel Macron’s topping of the first round of the French presidential election last weekend drove the best euro funding conditions for months. Public sector borrowers duly piled into the primary market. With more political risk ahead, many are racing to be 75% done for the year by summer, writes Craig McGlashan. -
Jordan doubled the size of its January 2026s on Wednesday with a well-received $500m reopening.
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Elation in the euro markets after the first round of the French presidential election at the weekend continues to wash over the public sector bond markets, with the Province of Quebec selling its largest ever benchmark in the currency and Spain printing €5bn of inflation-linked paper.
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Jordan is on track to add to its dollar-denominated January 2026s after releasing initial price thoughts for a tap on Wednesday morning.
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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.
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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”.
