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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
Uncertainty looms large as presidential race far from clear and budget negotiations potentially ‘highly challenging’
Summer in full swing but first two weeks of August not completely off the cards for non-euro deals
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Eurozone periphery sovereigns holding auctions this week will have to brave a volatile backdrop where Greek yields are thrashing around like a beached shark, while other periphery countries’ borrowing costs are bobbing more gently. -
Spain is open to taps of its longest outstanding bond, a 50 year private placement, and demand could be strong as investors look at ever longer maturities in a hunt for yield. But a minimum deal size could limit the investor base able to buy the sovereign’s paper, said bankers.
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Asian sovereigns were out in full force in 2014, taking advantage of a low interest rate environment to establish bond benchmarks for their corporate sectors. But with rates likely to go up, such exuberance is unlikely to be seen again in 2015, writes Rev Hui.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at European sovereigns and, for those available, provides their funding targets for 2015.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.
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Keeping the eurozone together is proving to be very much a Sisyphean task for European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. Just as he was about to push the boulder of sovereign quantitative easing to the crest of the hill of German intransigence, it started rolling back down at the same pace as Greek bonds plunged this week.
