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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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Ireland took a firm step towards joining the eurozone core this week by extending its curve to 15 years with a bond that market participants said was the clearest sign yet that it was pulling away from the rest of the periphery. But the gap between Europe’s top borrowers and weakest names may be about to narrow further very soon. This could be in response to moves by European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, who opened the door a little further to full blown quantitative easing. -
Spain screwed down its 10 year borrowing costs at an auction on Thursday, but was still a few basis points off the 2014 low it hit in early October. But the sale — which included three year and nine year debt — sparked strong demand and took it within touching distance of its funding target for the year.
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The New Zealand Debt Management Office extended its inflation linked bond curve with a 15 year issue on Wednesday.
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The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is returning to the international market for first time in four years as it tries to swap investors out of its two existing dollar bonds via an accelerated switch offer.
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Buoyed by a strong response to dollar benchmarks this week, supranational and agency issuers are eyeing the next available window — next week. But it will be a short one, truncated by a holiday in the US on November 11.
