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◆ Steep government curve means investors need less spread on top ◆ French spreads widen, but AFD tightens ◆ Fair value 'a fluid concept' on inverted curve
◆ Early order book built before Middle East risk returned ◆ Seven year spread held steady as 'insurance' against volatility ◆ Format chosen to avoid straining 'finite pool of liquidity'
◆ Issuer brings another pre-summer deal to fund enlarged programme ◆ Tightening possible despite weakened backdrop ◆ Book not huge but quality 'extremely high', spreads 'decent' to KfW and Land NRW
◆ Issuer has only €2bn left to fund this year ◆ US-Iran war and French election news weigh on sentiment ◆ Curve widens, NIP hard to pin down
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The European Union coasts through its €4.75bn 15 year transaction under its European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism programme on Tuesday. -
Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, April 19. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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A new acronym is joining the sustainable finance lexicon — the SRD. The EU’s Sustainability Reporting Directive will become the cornerstone of corporate reporting on sustainability, which is the foundation of responsible investing. A draft of it has been leaked, showing that it will impose much stricter rules on companies about reporting their environmental and social impacts, but also contains loopholes.
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New Development Bank will become the first issuer to hit the dollar market this week, announcing a five year benchmark, the proceeds of which will fund sustainable development activities and emergency support loans to its member countries.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank was twice covered and paid zero new issue premium as it sold an intraday 30 year water bond on Monday. The European Union will follow into the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday to fund a maturity lengthening operation under its European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism programme.
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DirectBooks, a platform for primary bond issuance initiated by a group of banks, has added the ability to handle euro and sterling deal announcements as well as a new senior member of staff to run its European business.
