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Greece is set to bring what will be the biggest sign of the capital markets recovery for the eurozone periphery with a new euro benchmark potentially this week, SSA Markets understands.
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A busy week of auctions in the eurozone periphery received the best possible start as yields fell on expectations that the European Central Bank will introduce quantitative easing to the currency bloc — sending five year Spanish yields below those of US Treasuries. But despite that sentiment also extending to Greece’s secondaries, bankers warned that the country would be foolhardy to come with a much expected deal this month.
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Ireland's return to bond auctions last month helped the sovereign reach nearly 60% of its funding target for the year. Across the Irish sea, the UK started its financial year with a £2.577bn auction - and a reduced funding target of £128.4bn.
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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. -
The second quarter of the year is looking set for some major landmarks in peripheral eurozone sovereigns’ journey back to market normality, after Portugal outlined details for a return to bond auctions and talk of an imminent benchmark from Greece reached fevered levels.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a double hire from Deutsche Bank, adding Adrien de Naurois and Hiren Gudka to its SSA team.
