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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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Luxembourg, which is gearing up to sell the first euro denominated sovereign sukuk, is set to meet investors in Asia, Europe and the Middle East at the end of September. It has hired a pair of banks to lead the project.
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Greece's €1.5bn July 2017 from four weeks ago suffered a near 50bp widening versus Germany over the past week, as investors stormed into the eurozone core. But most safe haven assets like the World Bank's $1.75bn December 2016 from last week tightened against swaps and benchmarks. -
The narrowing gap over the course of this year between voters who intend to vote for Scottish independence and those who don’t may have been setting Gilt investors’ nerves on edge because of the potential impact of a UK breakup on their holdings. But they can breathe a little easier this week — thanks to an unlikely source.
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The eurozone periphery suffered one of its poorest weeks of the year, as a sanctions battle between Russia and the west pushed investor cash into core European debt. But with Spain driving down its funding costs at auction and periphery sovereigns well-funded — plus record low Bund yields leaving investors seeking yield with few options but to return to the periphery in the future — there were few concerns that the issuers will struggle to meet their funding targets this year.
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Mitsubishi UFJ has hired a senior MTN dealer as head of medium term notes, the latest move in the company’s efforts to grow its MTN business.
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Spain ratcheted down its borrowing costs in the five year and 10 year parts of the curve at auction on Thursday, with the sovereign possibly benefiting from its ever rosier economic outlook compared with its eurozone periphery peer Italy.
