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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’
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Books for the Republic of Indonesia’s 10 year sukuk are building up with bids already surpassing the $2.5bn mark by early afternoon September 2, according to bankers. -
Extending average debt maturities will be very much the theme of issuance from the Iberian Peninsula this week, after Portugal mandated banks for a new 15 year euro benchmark on Tuesday and Spain readied some long dated auctions after printing its longest ever deal on Monday. Elsewhere in the periphery, Greece shaved a couple of basis points from its six month funding costs at auction.
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The Inter-American Development Bank hired banks on Tuesday to run an unusual two year dollar global, while Finland announced its second five year benchmark in a week, this time in dollars, and looks set to manage the rare feat of pricing a dollar benchmark in that maturity through swaps.
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Austria priced a syndication on Tuesday at a level just 1.5bp over its secondaries. The deal marks Austria’s second venture into syndicated issuance this year, after a dual-tranched effort in May.
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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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