May 17, 2024 15:08 GMT
MNI Credit Weekly: Reverse Yankee Came to Town
Executive Summary: Impressive Digestion of Heavy Supply. Reverse Yankees Set to Keep Coming
- IG cash spreads little changed with financials outperforming corporates. An impressive feat in a big primary week.
- Primary had its busiest week of the year yet NICs remain tight by historical standards. €10bn out of €30bn supply came from reverse yankees with the divergence of rate paths starting to have a knock-on effect.
- As we reach the tail end of earnings season, impact was again limited this week.
- M&A remains the main source of idiosyncratic risk from here. Once again “events of default” clauses were topical, this time TenneT bonds seeing a drop of up to 10 points with doubts over their asset sale triggering a pricing-out of that premium.
- Real Estate spreads continue to perform with asset valuations stabilising in the eyes of the market. Funding markets appear to be thawing which is supporting sentiment.
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