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◆ New bond priced before state election, far-right AfD leads polls ◆ JLM orders help carry deal across finishing line ◆ 'Fair' pick-up over Bunds but KfW spread ‘relatively tight’
◆ 'More defensive' five year tenor works well ◆ Record non-German demand, central banks show hands ◆ Länder-KfW spread 'at a good place'
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Month-end buying from investors in secondary market to determine backdrop for next wave of issuance
◆ First 10 year Länder bond post-summer ◆ Pricing was fair versus KfW ◆ More diversified book than before
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  • A favourable move in the basis swap allowed the Province of Quebec to return to the Swiss franc market after seven years away this week, landing its latest bond at a spread flat to its domestic curve.
  • There was strong buying interest in recent long dated bonds from the EU on Monday, said traders, as well as those of semi-core European sovereigns. That is expected to continue this week as hedge funds circle the EU's most recent bond.
  • Brussels jumped into the long end this week, printing the longest MTN in over a month.
  • Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) harnessed the growing demand for environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) paper in the Swiss market to land a tap 7bp through the bid side this week. Elsewhere, Toyota ended a 12 year absence from the Swiss franc market to sell the currency’s first automobile deal of the year.
  • Spreads in the European sovereign, supranational, agency sector moved wider on Wednesday in the wake of the European Union’s deal with the Street accounting for most of the flows.But with Bund yields expected to stabilise soon spreads should consolidate, believed several traders.
  • Secondary bond traders in the SSA and covered bond markets are focussed on Tuesday’s European Union new issue amid hopes that it will help draw a line as far as secondary market weakness is concerned. But with one eye on the European Central Bank’s June meeting, there is still some trepidation about prospective cuts in central bank asset purchasing.