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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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The Province of Manitoba was the only SSA issuer in the dollar market on Wednesday, printing a $600m five year transaction. Who will do the next trade is the problem facing the market as bankers decry the lack of issuers looking to print despite low interest rate, juicy basis swap arbitrage and an apparently enthusiastic buyer base. Export Development Canada (EDC) is rumoured seemingly every week but there is no sign of that deal going live as yet. -
German and French investors are pushing into longer maturities in an attempt to meet yield targets. Buyers are expressing interest in MTNs with maturities of over 15 years and some are beginning to lower yield targets as they adjust to ever tighter rates.
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The Autonomous Community of Aragon has launched its 2012 MTN funding effort with a long-dated note with a coupon of over 7%. The issue was sold into Spain as domestic investors looked for higher yields.
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Département de L’Essonne sold a 10 year €25m note through Natixis on Tuesday. The note was priced at par and pays a coupon of 4%. It was sold to an institutional investor.
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The euro SSA sector is becalmed by the pending debt disaster that is Greece and seemingly focused on LTRO-type transactions for Germany and domestically tailored product for France. A resolution to Greece’s debt mountain cannot be far away as Greece has a €14.5bn Eurobond redemption to meet on March 20 but there was still some – albeit specialised – new issue activity on Monday.
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Domestic hunger for a pick-up over Spanish government bonds prompted the Chartered Community of Navarre to sell its first MTN in seven months. The issuer printed on Thursday, a three year at 100bp over Bonos.
