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Natixis Pfandbriefbank (NPB) has mandated joint leads for its first publicly distributed Pfandbrief, which will be launched on Wednesday.

ANZ New Zealand and Natixis Pfandbriefbank have mandated leads to roadshow euro denominated covered bonds.

A surfeit of supply hit the long end of the covered bond curve this week as issuers piled in to take advantage of extraordinarily cheap funding conditions that are unlikely to last long. Bill Thornhill reports.

With a coupon of 0.10%, Monday’s €500m Pfandbrief from WL Bank had the lowest ever coupon on a benchmark 10 year covered bond — a result which Commerzbank was expected to follow.

The European Stability Mechanism has chosen to tap its April 2024 line during its funding window this week, a move that bankers said was sensible given the seasonal thinning of liquidity in the market.

BNP Paribas secured strong demand and tight pricing for a tap of its first "regionally targeted" bond on Tuesday, with a broad range of German accounts helping to bolster the size of the original deal.

NordLB’s Luxembourg subsidiary issued its longest maturity covered bond on Tuesday and paid a paltry premium, but the double digit pick-up failed to draw much excess demand.

DG Hyp and Deutsche Hypo launched the only two benchmark covered bonds of the week, and though both deals were priced tightly, they attracted a lot of demand.

Funke Mediengruppe, the German media group, has agreed an extension to its loan facilities, in one of the few amend-and-extend operations so far in 2016.

The primary covered bond market was active this week with as many as seven issuers raising more than €6bn, including the longest deal in over a year and a debut borrower in euros.

Swedbank and SEB this week launched deals that attracted the largest order books and the widest distribution of any covered bonds issued this year, along with the smallest concessions.

Volatility has pushed FIG senior supply to its lowest January total since 2008, but a resilient covered bond market profited from the gloom, with issuance at its strongest since 2012.