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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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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan met investors this week as it looks to return to the international bond market. But while the issuer’s fundamentals are improving, it will still have to work to win over investors, writes Isabella Zhong. -
Spain’s 10 year borrowing costs fell on Thursday for the eighth auction in a row — a record stretching back to June. The sovereign also sold five year paper at its lowest yield since the introduction of the euro.
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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.
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A pair of aggressively priced bond issues for Nordic agencies kicked off the second quarter for the sovereign, supranational and agency sector, while an issuer in the eurozone periphery was also able to sharply tighten pricing on a deal this week. With investors sitting on a lot of cash as the quarter begins, bankers expect such tight pricing to be the norm for the next few weeks.
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The European Commission’s report on a eurozone debt redemption fund and eurobills throws up as many difficulties as it does potential benefits. But as politicians have relied on the inventiveness of the European Central Bank, rather than their own efforts, to calm the storm of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, it is about time they took the steps needed to permanently cure the currency bloc’s ills.
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French public sector and government guaranteed borrowers will have a strong presence in the bond markets in 2014. A spate of local authorities and a new French entity, Agence France Locale, will keep the market busy and will be joined by well regarded borrowers with large funding programmes, writes Kathleen Gallagher.
