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Financials Risk-On: If CRE Risk Is Seen Abating, Some Distance To Go In High-Beta Issuers

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Risk-on in financials, led by Aareal (ARLN GR) and, if we assume CRE quality isn’t a problem, the distance back to the price levels of Jan-24 for both Aareal and DePfa, remains meaningful.


  • Deutsche Bank (DBK GY) CEO (speaking at the MS financials conference in London) indicated 2024 CRE provisioning to look similar to 2023. At FY23 results (on 1-Feb), mgmt upgraded the equity payout and consensus has moved 2-4% higher. The equity is better again today and the cash curve is c.7bp tighter.
  • DePfa (PBB GY) and Aareal are seeing modest equity moves but 8bp and 13bp tightening of their curves (EuroIG constituents) bringing them to 1-month tights but still well off the levels they were trading at in Jan-24 (see graphic).
  • As we noted earlier in our real estate comments, the high-beta Scandi issuers are moving tighter today, so a broad risk-on rally allaying the worst of recent CRE fears. We note NYC Bancorp closed its USD1bn equity raise last night, too.

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