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Markets ‘not out of the woods yet’ as large sovereigns shorten execution process to de-risk issuance
Switch auctions to make comeback as DMO chief discusses record breaking deal and 2026-27 funding
◆ Sovereign breaks BTP orderbook record again ◆ Demand was huge, but not because price was cheap ◆ Curve stability despite addition of jumbo 10 year
◆ Biggest and most popular green OAT ever ◆ Third and final syndication came earlier than in previous years ◆ Leading position in green bonds and EGB market affirmed
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ISDA’s Determination Committee was in its third day of deliberation on Thursday over whether the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has triggered a failure to pay credit event, following the island having suspended as much as $1bn of general obligation debt payments that it was scheduled to make on July 1. -
Quantitative Brokers, a Manhattan based provider of agency algorithms for futures and fixed income markets, has added a new strategy that targets best execution around an instrument’s close or settlement price benchmark.
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Spain blew through its latest auction target with sales of debt at five, nine and 15 years, thanks to a drastically reduced cost of funds.
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Kuwait has joined the roster of Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) sovereigns looking for international financing to help plug increasing fiscal deficits, but while DCM bankers are in no doubt an issue would be met with strong demand, the sovereign has plenty of work to do before coming to market.
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The Singapore Exchange’s electronic bond trading platform, SGX Bond Pro, is planning to expand into Asian local currency notes later this year. While the initial stage of expansion will be in markets closet to home, the exchange’s head of fixed income trading, Tsai Li Renn, told GlobalRMB that linking up with China could also be on the horizon.
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A stronger picture is emerging for the eurozone periphery late in the week, after the region’s governments suffered a spike in yields in the immediate aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
