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  • Investors in Europe's high grade corporate bond market became increasingly selective last week. Average new issue premium shot up to almost 11bp from minus 2bp the week before. The move gave some insight as to which sectors of the economy investors see the pandemic recovery taking place in.
  • Despite having made a successful debut in the Sofr market this month, Nordic Investment Bank is still facing technical challenges when it comes to supporting products based on risk-free rates.
  • 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.
  • The UK is set to come to market this week with a syndication of an index-linked bond — its first of the financial year.
  • The euro market has been markedly calmer than last week after ECB president Christine Lagarde made remarks interpreted as dovish — but investors are still split on the direction of interest rates and bankers are concerned this could hurt demand for primary bonds.
  • Indonesia's dollar bonds were among the top performing investment grade notes in Asia last week, buoyed by signs of the country’s recovery from the pandemic.
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