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◆ €18bn blockbuster executed in June ◆ Book size and quality both comparable to January ◆ Greece, Sweden to conclude sovereign pipeline for H1
◆ Lead points to high-quality book ◆ Subscription ratio slips from prior tap ◆ Maturity had 'pretty clear consensus'
‘Very normal market’ despite ongoing war and volatility to support another wave of new issues
Bankers say the ambition to price the first SSA bond through US Treasuries has faded as recent five year deals stall and barely perform in secondary
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The reception to a Spanish bond sale on Thursday morning showed that deadlock over negotiations between Greece and its creditors has failed to derail the ability of members of the European periphery to raise funds. -
Puerto Rico this week made two crucial payments on its state debt, but a restructuring — and therefore a default — look increasingly inevitable. The diverse spread of investors in the island’s bonds may impede negotiations, however.
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Eurozone periphery sovereign bonds lost some of their advances from Wednesday morning, following the latest fiery comments by the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
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SSA bankers hoped on Wednesday morning an agreement on Greece’s economic reforms could be reached to unlock the public sector pipeline after the country fell into arrears with the IMF on Tuesday night with bailout requests and a referendum keeping primary market activity subdued.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority is trying to find a way past rules which threaten to further cripple government bond secondary and repo markets — but it has been hamstrung by flaws in the draft in question.
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Italian and Spanish bond yields clawed back some of Monday's losses on Tuesday afternoon after the market absorbed the first European sovereign bond supply following the collapse of Greek debt talks at the weekend.
