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◆ 'Accelerated execution' due to market uncertainty ◆ Popular deal spotted close to fair value ◆ Momentum accounts 'less active'
Primary market for public sector unlikely to see large transactions until after Easter, reckon bankers
Market participants pray for no negative news overnight in hope of ‘pre-Easter wave of issuance’
Two day executions expose dollar issuers to market volatility
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The European Central Bank's asset purchase programme allowed some issuers to grab cheap funding this week but uncertainty surrounding the freshly launched corporate programme was less helpful for one French issuer. -
Île-de-France was able to tighten pricing on a green bond by 5bp from initial thoughts while still overshooting its target size this week. Bankers away from the deal said it was more a sign of the maturity of the green bond market than about any one issuer or bond.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are lining up to sell dollar floating rate notes on Thursday, following a series of floating and fixed rate deals in the currency on Wednesday.
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Île-de-France was able to tighten pricing by 5bp from initial price thoughts for its fourth foray into the green bond market and still managed to increase the deal from its initial target size.
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The 10 year Bund yield hit a record intraday low on Tuesday, as a German region increased a deal size and a French agency lined up an unconventional eight year deal.
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A trio of issuers have lined up short end dollar deals for pricing on Wednesday. Some bankers said the focus on threes and fives was in response to poor US jobs data last week, although that view was not universal.
