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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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Green bonds, the asset class that captivated so many sectors of the bond market in 2013, could be set for explosive growth this year, say bankers. And despite the expected supply surge, spreads may well plough through outstanding curves of normal bonds if recent price action in some green bonds is any sort of indicator, write Jon Hay and Tessa Wilkie.
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This week SSA Markets introduces an update on where recent deals are trading in the secondary market. Read on to see how deals priced in the first week 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.
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A return to regular debt auctions — slated for the first half of 2014 — along with a syndicated tap last week should be sufficient to convince Portugal’s creditors that it can exit its financial assistance programme on schedule in the middle of this year, a funding official at Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency told SSA Markets.
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A lack of investor interest in supranational and agencies’ traditional private placement formats is forcing issuers to sell deals in rare currencies and structures, according to MTN dealers.
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Demand for socially responsible investments showed further growth this week, with the World Bank and the European Investment Bank increasing the size of green trades in response to strong investor interest.