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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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Italy shrugged off a weak trading week for the eurozone periphery by setting two euro-era records and selling its maximum target of paper at auction on Friday.
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It was too good to last. A near constant stream of blowout deals since the start of the year for sovereigns in the eurozone periphery came to an end with Greece’s July 2017 bond this week.
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Greece braved the furore surrounding Banco Espírito Santo this week to print its second deal since receiving a bailout in 2010. But the trade fell short of some bankers’ expectations — both in volume and maturity — and some worried that the politically driven rigidity of the sovereign’s funding strategy could come back to bite it if there is similar volatility when it next comes to the market, most likely a seven year bond later this year, writes Craig McGlashan. -
The Republic of Iceland returned to euro syndications for the first time since 2006 this week, with a €750m six year bond that was almost three times oversubscribed and priced at the tight end of guidance. The issuer has plenty of time to consider its next move — its next redemption is in two years’ time.
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Daiwa Capital Markets has reshuffled part of its top investment banking team, naming a new head for Europe and the Middle East.
