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◆ Treasurer says EDC 'purposely waited' for benign US CPI print ◆ Central bank share of dollar order book swings 10% higher ◆ Hedge funds at the table and 'have a role to play'
'Dead quiet' few weeks will benefit issuers as excess bonds need absorption before issuance starts to ‘fire on all cylinders’ from August 17
Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach
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Public sector borrowers looking to issue at the long end of the euro curve will have to pay a sizeable new issue premium amid market volatility and the impending closure of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme, SSA bankers have warned. -
A sharp sell-off in US equities on Wednesday led to global panic on Thursday as other indices followed suit. Asian and European markets showed some sign of life on Friday, although were still a long way down, but the ramifications of a change in risk sentiment could have lasting effects across capital markets, write Sam Kerr, Ross Lancaster, Costas Mourselas, Craig McGlashan and Aidan Gregory.
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A debut sovereign green bond from Ireland and benchmark from a Spanish agency provided the firmest proof yet that the fiscal stink over Italy’s planned budget deficit has not put investors off other SSAs in the eurozone — even those that until recently were in the same ‘periphery’ bucket as Italy. But bankers are concerned that Italy’s standoff with the European Union has further to run — and that a BTP spread over Bunds of 400bp will be the breaking point.
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Spain's Fondo de Amortización del Déficit Eléctrico (FADE) will look to the private market to complete its 2018 funding programme, following the sale of its second and final syndication of the year.
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There are more than $512bn worth of bonds that will need to switch to an alternative reference rate if global regulators execute plans to ditch the Libor benchmark by the end of 2021, Linklaters said on Wednesday. GlobalCapital asked the law firm what needs to happen for a successful switchover.
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Agence Française de Développement got over the line with a 16 year euro benchmark on Thursday, but was unable to tighten the spread from guidance and paid a new issue premium of around 5bp.
