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◆ Eurofima made rare visit to euro four year conventional curve ◆ New issue premium estimated ◆ Region Wallonne grabs solid order book
Mandates from Eurofima, Germany, Wallonia and the Free State of Thuringia
The bloc's funding update and trio of central bank meetings held the SSA market's attention on Wednesday-Thursday
Jun Dumolard, head of funding and investor relations at EFSF, discusses the institution's recent euro seven year trade
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The SSA primary bond market has had a fantastic week — something that seemed unlikely during the brutal ructions of last week. But concerted actions by central banks and governments caused a sharp rally this week and, with deals from the European Investment Bank and KfW to set the tone in euros, issuers got to work. -
Public sector borrowers returned en masse to the primary bond market this week, with many selling new issues with an explicit focus on providing emergency financing in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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The SSA market appears to be well and truly up and running, with four SSA borrowers hitting screens for new bonds in euros on Thursday, pulling in an impressive €11.5bn with deals from three to 30 years
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Pockets of stability in the Swedish market drove demand across the curve this week, allowing investors the chance to pick up a handful of well-known SSA names at highly attractive levels.
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The Inter-American Development Bank on Thursday started marketing a five year sustainable development bond in Global format as it looks to become third SSA borrower to jump into the dollar market this week. But SSA issuers that fund in euros will unlikely be able to mirror join the party.
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Unédic, the French unemployment agency, will have a substantially bigger funding programme for 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to its chief financial officer, Jun Dumolard.
