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New issue premiums in recent weeks were lower compared to the highs after the Iran-US conflict began
SSA
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
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Estonian sovereign outing its first under local law
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    The Republic of Latvia has released initial price guidance at 40bp area over mid-swaps for its new 10 year euro denominated bond, representing only a 20bp new issue premium, but a doubling of the sovereign’s secondary spreads, according to bankers away from the note.
  • Standard & Poor’s has raised South Korea’s sovereign credit rating by one notch to AA- from A+, while Fitch has assigned a first-time rating of B to Pakistan because of the country’s weak fundamentals.
  • Spain kicked off a busy week for the eurozone periphery with a bill sale where the sovereign’s borrowing costs repeated their pattern for much of this year by bumping around 0%.
  • Italy’s borrowing costs dropped across the curve at an auction on Friday, although its yields at the longer end are still some distance from the euro-era lows hit earlier this year.
  • The UK Debt Management Office has hired four banks to run an upcoming syndication of its 2068 inflation linked bond.
  • Greece’s part in the eurozone sovereign debt crisis has always been secondary to the potential for disaster in larger countries like Spain. Now the latter country could be just months away from breaking up and a huge debt shock. Why does no one care?