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Portugal and KfW lead euro supply with five year as dollar market focuses on second AfDB hybrid
◆ Tightest 10 year Länder bond this year ◆ Big book leads to 4bp spread move ◆ Deal still three times covered, green element was key
◆ One deal was judged ‘relatively tight’... ◆ And the other ‘definitely cheap’... ◆ ... though fair value tough to spot
Issuance recovers from last week’s wobble but concerns linger after issuers like KfW widen
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The narrowing windows for public sector borrowers to clamber into were again in evidence this week, with several similar deals hitting the market at the same time. But unlike last week, every deal this week reached the pricing stage, write Jonathan Breen and Lewis McLellan. -
With the year's end fast approaching, SSA issuers are jostling for space after a summer blighted by volatility. Investors are rewarding pragmatic borrowers with large order books but it seems there is little room for opportunism.
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Province of Quebec has printed the first euro benchmark from a Canadian SSA since Ontario pulled a deal earlier this month. Though subscribed, the €750m 10 year deal was not the blowout bankers were hoping for and is indicative of a tough market environment.
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Any fears that two pulled SSA euro syndications within the space of just over a week — the first from public sector borrowers this year — signalled a lack of demand were put to rest this week.
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Senior SSA bankers are fretting that situations such as this week's clash between two Dutch agencies, which drove one of the pair to pull its deal, could become unavoidable, writes Craig McGlashan.
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