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MNI Credit Weekly: Sailing Upwind

Sailing Upwind

Executive Summary: Sailing Upwind

  • Despite OATs at new wides betraying ongoing nervousness into the French election, credit managed to tighten slightly over the week.
  • Index OAS spread tightened almost 2bp to yesterday’s close. TMT and Energy were strongest, with Capital Goods weakness. Financial moves were in line with corporates, with Jefferies’ results a positive early indicator for earnings season.
  • Primary had another slow week, but conditions were friendlier to issuers than the previous fortnight. We even had the return of AT1 issuance, with Commerzbank meeting strong demand.
  • Fund flows were rather flat in Europe, but inflows persist in US credit.
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Executive Summary: Sailing Upwind

  • Despite OATs at new wides betraying ongoing nervousness into the French election, credit managed to tighten slightly over the week.
  • Index OAS spread tightened almost 2bp to yesterday’s close. TMT and Energy were strongest, with Capital Goods weakness. Financial moves were in line with corporates, with Jefferies’ results a positive early indicator for earnings season.
  • Primary had another slow week, but conditions were friendlier to issuers than the previous fortnight. We even had the return of AT1 issuance, with Commerzbank meeting strong demand.
  • Fund flows were rather flat in Europe, but inflows persist in US credit.
Full piece here:

24.06.28 MNI Credit Weekly.pdf