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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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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.
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Hong Kong took another step towards its long awaited debut sukuk issue on Thursday, announcing roadshow dates for the proposed dollar deal. The transaction is the first step in the financial centre’s bid to establish itself as a regional Islamic financing hub. But scepticism of the plan and its chances of success remains high, write Virginia Furness and Isabella Zhong.
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Italy set new lows in its five year and 10 year yields at an auction on Thursday morning, but the result could have been very different if the sale had come just a few hours later. Shortly after the auction, Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko cancelled a visit to Turkey after claiming that Russia had moved troops into the east of his country, widening spreads between the eurozone core and periphery as investors sought the safest of assets.
