Spanish Sovereign
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The first two sovereign benchmarks since February are set to hit the market on Tuesday. Although volatility has not yet abated, bankers are eager for the deals to establish new price points for public sector issuers to start funding their responses to coronavirus. -
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, March 9. 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, March 2. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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Spain was able to raise €5bn of 30 year paper on Tuesday, braving difficult market conditions to close the deal. While the trade was a success, the sharp fall in the order book at the final spread indicated some investors are beginning to push back on price.
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Spain has announced another trip to the ultra-long end, electing to come to market in spite of volatility sparked by increased fears around the spread of coronavirus.
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Two SSA borrowers hit screens on Wednesday with green euro benchmarks, following a successful outing by Madrid, which saw the bond’s sustainability feature driving the spread to the tightest achieved at reoffer by a Spanish region.
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Madrid hit the market with a 10 year sustainable bond on Tuesday, raising €1.25bn at its tightest ever spread to the Spanish sovereign, selling into its largest ever book.
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Two public sector borrowers hit screens with new issues on Monday, with Belgium choosing a 20 year and Madrid opting for a 10 year sustainable bond.
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Cracks started to appear in demand for long-dated rates products this week, even as riskier credit markets went gung-ho in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. Now Spain could be set to test how bad the damage has been, as it is rumoured to be readying a 30 year syndication for next week. Burhan Kahdbai, Lewis McLellan and Bill Thornhill report.
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GlobalCapital understands that Spain has appointed a new head of funding and debt management to take over from Pablo de Ramón-Laca, who has been promoted.
