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New issue premiums in recent weeks were lower compared to the highs after the Iran-US conflict began
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
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The UK Debt Management Office plans to reopen an ultra-long index-linker in the second half of September. The deal will be the sovereign’s third syndication of its financial year.
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The governments of Indonesia and Russia both signalled earlier this week that they are considering issuing renminbi denominated bonds. If the plans go ahead, these will be the third and fourth RMB deals from a foreign sovereign after the UK and Mongolia governments. However, FX volatility means now is not the best time to pull off a RMB deal. -
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The Kingdom of Belgium has more than doubled its outstanding maturity curve with a 100 year medium term note, and it is keen to issue more ultra-long debt.
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A week of equity market madness has left many Middle East and African bonds anywhere from 20bp to over 100bp wider since Monday, and dashed hopes of a rousing restart to CEEMEA supply come September. But for the Middle East, at least, debt bankers are looking forward to a bumper 2016.
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Since March 2009 Britain’s benchmark official rate has been 0.5% — the lowest rate in the Bank of England’s 320 year history, its long term average being about 4.5%. But recently BoE's governor Mark Carney speculated that it will begin to rise from the end of the year to around 2%, possibly heralding the end of the era of cheap money.
