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Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
OATs and OLOs could weaken further versus Bunds while southern European countries and EU continue to paint a positive picture
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Uncertainty looms large as presidential race far from clear and budget negotiations potentially ‘highly challenging’
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Summer in full swing but first two weeks of August not completely off the cards for non-euro deals
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  • BNP Paribas has placed several senior syndicate and DCM bankers — all involved in the firm's SSA business — at risk, GlobalCapital understands.
  • The Republic of Tunisia is planning a five year dollar denominated sukuk in the third quarter of this year and is considering what assets to use, Hakim Ben Hammouda, the country’s finance minister, told GlobalCapital Emerging Markets.
  • A lot of ink has been spilt over the moral hazard of allowing Greece to restructure its €240bn in Troika debt with haircuts. But seeing Greece's struggle with debt as an essentially moral problem leads to a stubbornness that precludes pragmatism.
  • Italy and Spain showcased what can be achieved in the new world of eurozone sovereign quantitative easing, as they hit record low yields at their first auctions since the European Central Bank announced its QE programme last week. With two more days of auctions ahead of it, Italy could break even more records this week.
  • Republic of Tunisia made its standalone return to the capital markets on Tuesday with its first non-agency guaranteed bond since the Arab Spring.
  • CEE
    Standard & Poor’s downgrading of Russia to junk made plenty of headlines on Monday but much of the pasting that Russian bonds took on Tuesday was in response to escalating tensions with Ukraine, with the downgrade having been expected.