Italian Sovereign
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Italy is set to announce a new decree law that would allow banks to use public guarantees to cover 90%-100% of their lending. -
Italy’s borrowing is set to increase as it attempts to weather the economic impact of coronavirus. But Davide Iacovoni, director general of the Italian public debt office, told GlobalCapital that he did not expect investors to abandon the country’s debt. He also called for some form of European risk sharing.
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The economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak is not likely to cause a downgrade to Italy’s credit rating, according to S&P in spite of the fact that its debt to GDP ratio could climb steeply in order to fund its response.
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Market participants are debating whether the EU is responding quickly and strongly enough in the coronavirus crisis, after the bloc put off the question of how to involve the European Stability Mechanism on Monday evening.
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The European Union is set to make at least €25bn of budget funding available for sectors affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus, as its institutions join forces to tackle the economic impact of the outbreak. Rules on state aid and public finance will also be loosened, giving member states more room to launch fiscal stimulus measures.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, February 24. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, February 17. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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Italy is considering the sustainability-linked bond format pioneered by Italian electricity and gas company Enel, but Davide Iacovoni, head of Italy’s debt management office, thinks the structure may not suit the sovereign’s priorities of ensuring liquidity and maximising reach.
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Borrowers hit screens in euros from three to 50 years this week, all enjoying heavily subscribed books and pricing with skinny new issue premiums thanks to investors’ confidence in consistent support from the European Central Bank.
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Investors in the SSA market are piling into long dated bonds, leaving aside any coronavirus-driven fears and swelling the order books on 30 year and 50 year paper to record breaking levels, in what bankers are calling a 'one way market'.
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Italy printed €9bn with a 15 year benchmark on Tuesday, wowing onlookers with a new Italian order book record and a 4bp move from initial price thoughts.
