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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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Read on to see how deals priced earlier in the year 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. -
Portugal could expand its debt markets access away from euro benchmarks through private placements, its head of issuing and markets at the Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency has told SSA Markets. Investors are keen to buy the peripheral sovereign’s paper in currencies outside euros.
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With Enrico Letta joining the long list of Italian ex-prime ministers this week and the path clear for young pretender — and more zealous reformer — Matteo Renzi to take the reins, things are looking up for Italian bonds. Well, if they could be even more up since the spectacular start to the year for the periphery.
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The relentless hunt for yield that has driven investors from Spain and Italy into Portugal and now possibly Greece, is beginning to take on some of the hallmarks of the catastrophe of 2007 and 2008.
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The eurozone periphery basked in the glow of a series of blow-out deals and bullish short term sentiment this week — with even Greece receiving enquires for a dollar deal. But the prospect of political turmoil and banking bailouts threaten to draw a shadow over the region’s remarkable recovery later in the year.
