Austria

Two SSA borrowers are coming to the market for euro deals on Tuesday. The European Financial Stability Facility and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt will both print what are likely to be their final benchmarks of the year.

Shares in Danish renewable energy firm Ørsted and in Salini Impregilo, the Italian construction company, continued to trade well this week, generating strong returns for block investors.

The covered bond market was on strong form at the beginning of the week, with Austria’s Volksbank Wien extending its covered bond curve with its second ever trade, which it priced flat to fair value.

In an illustration of the spread tightening under way in covered bonds, Deutsche Apotheker-und Aerztebank (Dapo) priced a 10 year inside its curve this week. At the same time Raiffeisenlandesbank Vorarlberg followed DZ Bank into the 15 year tenor to give a tempting reoffer yield of almost 50bp.

Cerberus Capital Management has sold more than half of its stake in Bawag, the Austrian banking group, via an accelerated bookbuild.

Pfandbriefe issued by Deutsche Pfandbriefbank on Wednesday and Hypo Tirol on Thursday struggled to find enough demand. Though spreads are not expected to widen, the deals showed investors are more discerning as uncertainty builds ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) asset purchases, which are due to commence in November.

Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien (RLB Noe Wien) found the euro primary market to be quiet but bullish this week, allowing it to launch a new senior unsecured bond at what lead managers saw as a fair pricing level.

Hypo Tyrol Bank mandated leads on Wednesday for a €500m seven year, to be launched on Thursday.

Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien (RLB Noe Wien) is looking to raise new senior unsecured funding, as bankers begin predicting a quieter period for supply in the euro market.

Corporate, FIG and SSA issuers placed floating rate notes this week, pegged to Euribor, Sonia and Libor. With so many issuers coming to market, bankers are interested to see which other borrowers 'take advantage of the liquidity'.

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank hit screens on Tuesday with its first ever sustainability bond, raising €500m with an eight year benchmark.

Deutsche Bank issued the most oversubscribed Pfandbrief since mid-July on Wednesday. The strong showing contrasted to Bawag, which competed less well for investors’ attention with a deal in the same tenor and with the same starting spread. The unconvincing Austrian outcome has caused some to question the market outlook and one borrower to postpone issuance.