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An public sector issuer breaking a record with a deal this week became so common a claim it began to sound like, well, a broken record. But questions remain about how robust demand really is
Markets ‘not out of the woods yet’ as large sovereigns shorten execution process to de-risk issuance
Huge order book allowed the issuer to increase size of five year dollar trade
Issuer had already pre-funded in dollars earlier this year
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A pair of French regional issuers could soon join a German sub-sovereign in selling long dated private placements in yen. Japanese investors are keen to push along the curve in search of yield and look beyond their usual fodder of European agencies to large sub sovereign and regional issuers, SSA Markets understands.
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Sterling could be a go-to currency of 2014 for euro funding sovereign, supranational and agency issuers as the euro/dollar basis swap has left dollars looking less attractive and tight dollar swap spreads have some investors picking government bonds over spread products.
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The Autonomous Community of Madrid showed that sovereigns are not the only issuers welcome in the seemingly never ending parade of barnstorming peripheral eurozone bond syndications since the turn of the year on Tuesday. The region sold its largest ever bond at a pre-crisis spread over Bonos, leaving a clear space in the pageant for other Spanish regions to seek suitors in the coming weeks.
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An investor hunt for yield and a flattening French sovereign curve are helping the country’s regional borrowers push out the average maturity of their debt. But despite a recent record long tenor by one of the issuers, asset liability management constraints will put a ceiling on further maturity extension, according to dealers.
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The Autonomous Community of Madrid is set to sell its first euro benchmark in a year this week, while Instituto de Crédito Oficial could return to the Samurai market after a nearly four year absence. The potential trades come after Spain wowed the market by printing the largest eurozone sovereign deal in history last week.
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A five year dollar benchmark from Province of Ontario looked set for success on Thursday. Strong demand, stimulated by the double-digit spread to mid-swaps on offer, has allowed the issuer to set the size $500m larger than targeted.