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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 in the first week and second weeks of the year are faring. Trading levels given are the bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark bond as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data. -
Propertize, the winding up agency for Dutch bank SNS Reaal’s property finance division, mandated banks on Friday for a roadshow ahead of a debut bond issue. Propertize is only the second issuer to have an explicit guarantee from the Dutch government.
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Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, talks to EuroWeek’s Toby Fildes about Germany and Frankfurt’s ambitions to become the Eurozone home of the renminbi, the impact that banking union will have on financial services and centres in Europe and whether or not enough has been done to prevent the economic crisis from returning.
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International demand boosted the first benchmark from the Joint Laender (44 on Wednesday, with interest from several new investors helping to buoy the deal. A more generous level than usual on Laender trades also helped the deal to succeed.
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The EIB opened the 10 year market for supras and agencies in both dollars and euros this week, seizing on appetite at the long end to sell two benchmarks in close succession.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency issuers luxuriated in supportive dollar debt markets this week as investors — including a new wave of bank buyers — shrugged off recent concerns over the US rate outlook.
