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‘Whole curve open’ for SSA issuers but seven year point stands out as ‘interesting’ spot amid euro curve shape shift
Estonian sovereign outing its first under local law
◆ Sovereign serves up first 30 year SSA deal in two months ◆ Cost-sensitive issuer opts for limited size ◆ Very small NIP, even by German standards
An public sector issuer breaking a record with a deal this week became so common a claim it began to sound like, well, a broken record. But questions remain about how robust demand really is
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Serbia is planning to fund the bulk of its funding needs through the domestic market, a funding official from the country’s finance ministry has said. -
Romania is set to come to the bond market “sooner rather than later”, said Anca Dragu, the country's Minister of Public Finance on Tuesday. It is likely to print a trade in euros.
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The Republic of the Philippines plans to execute a $2bn deal in the first half of the year, consisting of a bond swap to extend maturities and a new transaction as part of its ongoing liability management efforts.
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Standard & Poor’s unexpectedly downgraded Republic of Poland to BBB+ on Friday, causing a large sell-off of the sovereign’s debt just a week after it printed a dual tranche €1.75bn Eurobond.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.
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Canada’s reputation as a top notch sovereign issuer may have taken a hit thanks to plunging commodity prices — with the problem particularly acute for oil producing provinces such as Alberta, which face rapidly rising borrowing needs. And the commodity concern comes as worries over a Canadian housing bubble linger on. But with its total net debt-to-GDP among the lowest of G7 countries and some of its smallest provinces able to bring strong bond deals to the international markets, the Canadian story is still a strong one.
