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◆ No book update for €500m no-grow deal ◆ Surprising lack of demand for defensive trade ◆ Investors continue to cherry pick in big week for supply
◆ Spread to Land Hessen key to pricing ◆ Leads thought long and hard on whether to tighten ◆ 1bp move the right amount as book grew
◆ Three German states brought a new Joint Länder bond ◆ No book update, KfW curve guides pricing ◆ Flemish Community prints new 15 year
Second digital project won’t be the issuer’s last, Länder peers may be ‘interested and willing’ to join in
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Kommunalbanken will bring a dollar benchmark in a defensive tenor on Wednesday, which a banker on the deal said is the perfect product for investors amid rising geopolitical tensions. The trade also offers an attractive spread over US Treasuries, the banker added, despite a tightening in swap spreads — although other bankers said that tightening meant larger issuers should consider longer dated deals.
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FMS Wertmanagement has printed its third deal of the summer, scooping up €1bn of short dated euro paper with an opportunistic trade.
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Public sector bond supply this week is so far thin on the ground, despite conditions calming after fears of a conflict between the US and North Korea fell. The only supply on Monday came from a German issuer, despite some analysts pointing to a “mild risk-on tone” in eurozone debt markets.
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Gilt yields dropped on Thursday after the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-2 to hold the Bank Rate at 0.25% — a higher majority than the 5-3 in favour of holding at its last meeting in June. The more dovish result came after weeks of hawkish noises emanating from the central bank. Meanwhile, the Province of Alberta returned to the sterling market to tap its debut issue from earlier this year.
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The Province of Alberta has returned to the sterling market, following its debut in the currency in February.
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