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◆ New issue premium estimated ◆ Partial pre-funding ◆ Baden-Wuerttemberg 'through fair value'
◆ Attractive pick-up to KfW and other peers ◆ Atypical tenor no trouble ◆ SSA appetite strong
Pan-European stock exchange shares what was behind its recent decision to launch a defence bond label, how it may help both issuers and investors, and what lies ahead
◆ 'Amazing,' says rival banker ◆ Lack of 10 year issuance helped ◆ Pipeline for next two weeks 'looking good'
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The European Financial Stability Facility finished off its 2018 issuance this week with what was likely the last jumbo euro benchmark of the year. The deal was solid, but SSA bankers warned the euro market feels “tired”. -
The State of North Rhine-Westphalia rounded out the week’s euro issuance with an oversubscribed 10 year euro deal that was priced 1bp inside guidance.
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The sterling overnight index average (Sonia), the rate chosen to replace sterling Libor by regulators, may suffer from a “bifurcation of… sterling money markets” after Brexit, according to a Bank of England Sonia Oversight Committee.
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The Province of Alberta pipped the European Investment Bank to the top score of the week in BondMarker, with both issuers printing five year dollar globals.
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The Republic of Mozambique said on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement in principle with bondholders on a restructuring of its $726.5m 10.5% 2023s, which defaulted two years ago.
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A megayacht of a trade from KfW this week suggested that potential headwinds — including the end of quantitative easing, Italy’s reckoning with the European Commission and Angela Merkel’s plan to step away from politics — are failing to sink sentiment in the euro market. But some SSA bankers warned that the trade was more just proof that KfW can float in these conditions — and that an upcoming deal for the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) will be a better buoy for the sector’s currents.
