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Belgium and two European agencies also mandated, even as the US and Iran failed to reach a peace deal
‘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
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The fleeting occasions in 2015 where public sector borrowers brought similar deals on the same day and created a jam in the market could become a more common occurrence in 2016, as issuers forego the 2015 strategy of spreading fundraising throughout the year and issuance windows narrow. Craig McGlashan reports. -
The European Stability Mechanism is seeking ideas for a bond issue next week, as the euro market burst back into life following a holiday across much of Europe on Wednesday.
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Sharjah has become the first CEEMEA issuer to brave the bond markets this year, mandating six banks for a Reg S-only dollar sukuk roadshow and defying sceptics who said earlier this week that Middle East issuance would be postponed as geopolitical tensions in the region escalated.
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The Russian Ministry of Finance is living in a fantasy land if it thinks the IMF will have to reconsider its support of Ukraine under the Extended Fund Facility Agreement, according to analysts.
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As the public sector bond market returns to work after its winter break, will it still be complaining about the extra European Central Bank stimulus that never was? Probably not. Instead, as Virginia Furness reports, it will most likely have to contend with a hectic first quarter.
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As a turbulent year for public sector borrower markets drew to a close, the GlobalCapital editorial team picked the standout trades from 12 months that will live long in the memory — from the introduction of eurozone quantitative easing, to Greece’s nail-biting bail-out negotiations and the rare sight of negative swap spreads in dollars. We strived to pick those trades that really made an impact — whether it was re-opening the euro market after secondary distortion from QE made benchmarks a difficult business, or achieving size amid fevered speculation around when the US Federal Reserve would raise rates. The winners are presented here. We hope they are an apt reward for the issuers and banks involved — but also that they spark debate over whether they were truly the worthiest recipients.
