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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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Finland is bringing a seven year euro benchmark that is almost certain to be priced with a negative yield — but that should do little to quell demand, said bankers on and off the deal. -
Find out how far European sovereigns are progressing in their funding targets as we approach the post-summer funding season.
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Though Crédit Agricole is rarely considered one of the glitziest houses in the capital markets, a target of doubling revenues in global markets in five years’ time stands in sharp contrast to the gloom pervading its peers. It’s a plausible plan, too — the future belongs to the well-capitalised.
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A pair of eurozone periphery sovereigns have deals in the pipeline — but could face problems bringing the trades, bankers warned this week.
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Amid much turmoil over whether Portugal will lose the one investment grade rating that is keeping it on the European Central Bank’s shopping list, no one is asking a vital question.
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South Africa was thrown into financial uncertainty this week as its finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, became embroiled in a corruption probe by the country’s elite police unit, the Hawks. Volatility hit local currency bonds, which remain some 50bp wider, but the country’s sovereign curve is already recovering and in equities and loans it is business as usual. But some say this underplays the risk of investing in South African assets.
