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As Uruguay looks to follow a recent surge of sustainability-themed bond issuance from Latin American borrowers with an ESG bond of its own, one of the options it is weighing up is a sustainability-linked bond — a format that has so far only been used by corporate borrowers. -
Italy lost €45bn of orders from its 10 year bond issue this week when it tightened the spread to 4bp inside initial price thoughts. It was a close echo of when investors pulled €75bn of bids for Spain’s 10 year in January.
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Government yields have risen rapidly this week, led by the US Treasury curve, as investors bet big on stimulus from that country. With little activity in the primary markets, bankers have been speculating on the possible effects of higher yields on issuers’ strategies.
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There were flashbacks to last month’s Spanish syndication in the bond market this week as Italy made an emphatic start to the Draghi era in the BTP market. The borrower shed billions of orders on Tuesday after aggressively pricing its first syndication since the appointment of the ex-ECB chief as the country’s prime minister. Burhan Khadbai reports.
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Two factors bear outsized influence on capital markets — Covid-19 and central bank stimulus. But the temptation to see these powerful forces culminating in one of two extreme outcomes — another crash as a feeble economy flounders, or a boom like the 1920s US — must be resisted.
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