TD Securities
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The Province of Ontario’s three year dollar benchmark this week sparked criticism from onlooking bankers after the spread was set a day before pricing. However, a head of SSA DCM at one of the leads replied that it was the “honourable” thing to do after the deal received more demand than expected. -
Euro investors have been treated to their first ‘bail-inable’ senior bonds from Canadian banks, as Bank of Nova Scotia followed Toronto-Dominion into the market this week.
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Euro investors have been treated to their first two ‘bail-inable’ senior bonds from a Canadian bank this week, after Bank of Nova Scotia followed closely behind Toronto-Dominion Bank with a deal of its own on Wednesday.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank has become the first Canadian issuer to launch a bail-inable senior bond publicly in euros, impressing on-looking bankers by landing the deal with a very tight spread to mid-swaps.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) issuers burst into the second quarter with a scorching week that saw plenty of big books and minimal or negative premiums.
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The European Financial Stability Facility and Council of Europe Development Bank left little on the table with their euro bond issues on Wednesday. More supply is expected, as three more borrowers have picked banks for deals expected this week.
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Toronto–Dominion Bank’s (TD) €1.75bn five year covered bond, which was issued on Wednesday, was priced 13bp tighter than where it might have launched in January when five other Canadian borrowers entered the market with similar deals.
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Public sector borrowers were able to achieve zero or negative new issue premiums and close books early in the euro market on Tuesday as investors piled into haven assets amid a weaker outlook for global growth.
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The dollar market is expected to provide just a handful of deals this week, with a benchmark for the Province of Quebec and a short dated floater for Eurofima up first.
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A series of modest taps at the long end of the Australian dollar curve at the end of last week suggests that what has been a quiet market for Kangaroo bonds could soon spark into life, according to SSA funding officials.
