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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 UK government on Thursday launched its much-heralded debut RMB denominated bond, the first ever from a sovereign that is not China. The deal is expected to mark a big increase in profile for the Chinese currency among international issuers and investors. -
The evolution of the green bond market took another big step forward this week as two of Europe’s biggest borrowers launched dollar benchmarks in green format for the first time — and another European agency prepared a second green bond in euros.
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A particularly poor third quarter has seen CEEMEA bond issuance dwindle to a third of the amount in the same period last year. With Russia and Ukraine all but shut out of the capital markets, bankers have also been faced with choppy markets and poorly performing new issues.
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A pair of top quality issuers were the only borrowers in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector to get benchmarks away this week, as conditions that have been sizzlingly since the summer break showed signs of cooling.
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Eurozone periphery yields rose late on Thursday after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi failed to excite market participants with hints of more dovish measures such as sovereign quantitative easing. But with rates still near historic lows, few funding officials will be worried — least of all in Ireland, which revealed plans for a possible syndication in the final quarter of the year.
