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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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Spain breezed through an auction on Thursday morning, cutting its borrowing costs before a European Central Bank announcement in the afternoon that is expected to boost demand for peripheral Eurozone debt.
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The Republic of Korea returned to the euro market for the first time in eight years on Tuesday pricing a dual tranche trade that also included a dollar leg. Out with its first ever 30 year bond, the sovereign was able to create one of the flattest dollar curves among its peers. However, it was happy to leave some money on the table for the euro tranche having been away for so long. -
Next week presents an attractive window for issuance for sovereign, supranational and agency issuers looking to pick up funding ahead of the summer break — but only if the European Central Bank makes the right noises on Thursday.
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The Republic of Korea opened the books for a dual tranche dollar and euro denominated issue on Tuesday. The SEC registered deal is the first dual currency transaction from Korea and from an Asian sovereign since 2006.
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Portugal suffered a sell-off on Monday, making it the only periphery sovereign not close to or already having had reversed losses racked up during a sell-off in mid-May. Spain, on the other hand, could break records at an auction of three year and five year debt later this week, as the sovereign’s secondary yields stayed at euro-era lows first reached last week on Monday.
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Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.
