EZ/UK Bond Supply Calendar: UK to issue Short Gilts next Mon

Below are the known dates for auctions of European bonds and UK gilts. All times are UK.

See the notes section at the bottom for more colour.

• Cancelled auctions:
  • Italy has announced that it will not hold its MT/LT BTP auctions on 11 August or the BTPei auction on 25 August.
  • Spain has announced that it will not hold its Bono/Obli auction on 17 August.
  • Slovakia has announced that it will not use its reserve auction on 21 August.
• Austria plans to hold 3 to 4 RAGB syndications in 2023. It launched the held its first on 4 January (10-year 2.90% Feb-33 RAGB) and on 18 April held a dual-tranche to launch the 2.90% May-29 Green RAGB and the 30-year 3.15% Oct-53 RAGB.
• Belgium has held its three planned new OLOs syndications for 2023: it launched the 10-year 3.00% Jun-33 OLO on 10 January, the 30-year 3.30% Jun-54 OLO on 15 February and the 20-year 3.45% Jun-43 OLO on 16 May.
• The EFSF plans to issue E20bln in 2023 while the ESM plans to issue E8bln in 2023. As in 2022, it will not publish planned issuance windows.
• Finland plans to launch three new bonds via syndication in 2023 and has already launched the 3.00% Sep-33 RFGB on 26 April and the 2.75% Apr-38 RFGB on 26 January. It plans to issue a 5-year RFGB in H2.
• France planned 2023 new issues: one new 3-year OAT (2.50% Sep-26 OAT launched on 16 February), one new 5/6-year OAT (2.75% Feb-29 OAT launched on 20 April), two new 10-year OATs via auction (the first the 3.00% May-33 OAT launched on 6 April), new 30-year OAT via syndication (3.00% May-54 OAT launched 7 February), 15-20-year OATi (0.55% Mar-39 OATi launched on 7 June) and one new 10-year OATei (0.60% Jul-34 launched on 20 June).
• Germany plans to hold a total of four syndications in 2023. It has already tapped the 1.80% Aug-53 Bund on 23 February, launched the 10-year 2.30% Feb-33 Green Bund on 25 April and launched the 30-year 1.80% Aug-53 Green Bund on 13 June. It plans one further non-green transaction.
• Greece plans to issue its inaugural Green GGB in H2-2023.
• Ireland only planned to hold at least one syndication in 2023 and it has already launched the 20-year 3.00% Oct-43 Green IGB on 5 January.
• Italy Q3 issuance plans:
  • BTP Short-Term: Reopen 3.40% Mar-25 BTP Short Term (minimum E9bln outstanding already exceeded) and launch new BTP Short Term maturing 29 September 2025 (minimum E9bln outstanding).
  • 3-year BTP: Launch new 3.85% Sep-26 on 13 July (minimum E9bln outstanding).
  • 5-year BTP: Reopen 3.80% Aug-28 BTP (minimum outstanding E10bln may be exceeded after end-of-June auction).
  • 7-year BTP: Reopen 3.70% Jun-30 BTP (minimum outstanding E10bln already exceeded) and launch new 7-year BTP with maturity 15 November 2030 (minimum outstanding E10bln to be exceeded after end-of-June auction).
  • 10-year BTP: Reopen 4.35% Nov-33 BTP (minimum outstanding E10bln) and launch new 10-year BTP with maturity 1 March 2034 (minimum outstanding E10bln).
• Slovakia's investor presentation ahead of the June syndication noted it expected to raise E4.0-5.0bln through syndications. This has already been exceeded with a total of E5.5bln raised through the launch of the 12-year 3.75% Feb-35 SlovGB and the 20-year 4.00% Feb-43 SlovGB in a dual-tranche transaction on 15 February and the 10-year 3.625% Jun-33 SlovGB on 1 June.
• The UK DMO will hold its consultation meetings with investors and GEMMs to discuss FQ3 (July to September) issuance operations on 29 August.