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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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Spain gave the average life of its debt a hefty shunt out the maturity curve on Monday, raising €1bn with a 50 year private placement — its longest dated deal since the introduction of the euro. But the sovereign has not finished with its supply ambitions for the week: it has more long dated Bonos available at auction on Thursday.
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European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s admission last week that inflation expectations are not well anchored has bolstered the prospects for a quantitative easing (QE) programme. But what to buy remains the thorny question.
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Unédic is set to become the third issuer this week to bring a euro benchmark after the summer, having mandated a deal for Friday following deals for Finland and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) earlier in the week.
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Senior SSA bankers have named the Russia-Ukraine crisis as the one thing that could disrupt the issuance plans of the eurozone’s peripheral sovereigns. As Ukraine on Thursday accused Russia of marching troops into its territory, core eurozone bond yields rallied away from their peripheral cousins leaving market participants hoping that Greece, Portugal and Spain would complete their remaining funding before things got any worse. -
Deutsche Bank has hired a new head of dollar SSA trading to replace Hiren Gudka. It is the latest in a round of moves within the bank’s public sector bond team this year.
