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Guillaume Pichard, assistant deputy minister, on the five year call, the repo boost and the cost versus home
◆ State’s pre-summer deal attracts €2bn book ◆ Maybe only one more deal to come on reduced needs ◆ 2bp NIP to start as issuer tries to ‘be fair to the market’
◆ Canadian province tests post-Starmer sterling ◆ Five year choice keeps the buyers ◆ New issue concession estimated
Nine banks chosen to run £1.5bn borrowing programme
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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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