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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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Mario Draghi is certain to be on many eurozone funding officials’ Christmas card lists, after the European Central Bank president’s latest dovish comments helped issuers hit record low yields and print lowest ever coupons this week.
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A triumphant sovereign return, and an innovative socially responsible deal helped the sukuk market smash through its previous record year for issuance volumes. Unusual but impressive trades from Pakistan and the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) helped the growing asset class beat its previous annual dollar issuance record set in 2012 and put the gloss on a burgeoning fourth quarter run of deals. -
Bulgaria is looking to raise a medium term bridge loan of as much as Lev3bn ($1.92bn) in international markets ahead of a government bond issue next year.
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Emerging market bankers believe there is only around a fortnight left for CEEMEA borrowers to tap the market. But investors showed they were still keen active this week as two African sovereigns approached the market — Kenya printing a tap of the $2bn dual trancher it sold in June and Ethiopia announcing roadshow dates for a debut bond that bankers away from the deal said is likely to be a $1bn 10 year.
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Italy hit its lowest five and 10 year yields of the eurozone era at auction on Thursday, as the country benefited from more hints from the European Central Bank that it is preparing to launch sovereign quantitative easing. The auctions came as the Italian Treasury worked on a plan to shift some of the country’s regional debt onto the central bank balance sheet and outlined plans for a return to the dollar market next year.
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Bulgaria is looking to raise a medium term bridge loan of as much as Lev3bn ($1.92bn) in international markets ahead of a government bond issue next year.
