Archive for July, 2016

Credit Pipeline

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: SUMIBK 3-Part Deal Starts the Issuance Day 2016-07-07 09:37:20.566 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Set to price today: * Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SUMIBK) A1/A-, to proce 3- part deal, via managers C/GS/JPM/SMBC * 5Y, IPT +130 area * 5Y FRN, equiv * 10Y, IPT +150 area * Care Capital (CARCAP) Baa3/BBB-, to price ...

More FX

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgmarkets.com/r/?id=h10e2c712,1792b8f4,1792b8f5&p1=136122&p2=aa71c9ad2350a58dd1c76efe6a953ce7> A really simple regression of the US ISM data suggests that June's growth rate was close to 3%, and Q2 overall was at around 2.3%. This is just another piece of evidence placed in front of a sceptical market but even so, it paints a picture ...

FX

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Europe Quiet, Asia Steals the Spotlight The news stream out of Europe has been fairly light China’s foreign reserves rose slightly in June to $3.21 trln Kiwi is leading the pack today on some RBNZ comments The Aussie recovered from early losses after S&P ...

FOMC Minutes

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Stephen Stanley at Amherst Pierpont Securities: The main takeaway from the June FOMC meeting minutes is that the heightened uncertainty introduced regarding the labor market situation and the economy generally by the May employment report along with the prospect of the Brexit vote in a weeks’ time justified taking a ...

ISM Non Maufacturing

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Stephen Stanley at Amherst Pierpont Securities: Well, well, well.  Remember a month ago?  Payrolls stunned everyone to the down side at 8:30 on the morning of June 3.  People may have been inclined to let the shock eventually wear off, but when the ISM non-manufacturing gauge came in much weaker ...

Pension Fund Panic

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: U.S. corporate pensions capitulate to lower interest rates Ten-year Treasury yields to fall to 1.25% this quarter: BofA Bank of America Corp. sees the $3 trillion U.S. corporate pension industry throwing its interest-rate assumptions out the window. And that means the retirement plans will probably throw more money into Treasuries. Even ...

More FX

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgmarkets.com/r/?id=h10e08ca4,178f0f18,178f0f19&p1=136122&p2=3d87517293f0451ad8f033f6588cc6e0> There hasn't been very much in the way of economic news and data overnight, with markets dominated by the fall-out from the UK's economic lemmingism. We have a  quartet of 'big fears' in the form of Brexit, Italian banks, Chjinese capital flight, and the danger that ...

Credit Pipeline

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: ============================================================================= IG CREDIT PIPELINE: NWB Bank Among 3 to Price; Woori Added 2016-07-06 09:35:46.159 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Set to price today: * Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NEDWBK) Aaa/AAA, to price $bench 144a/Reg-S 2Y, via managers HSBC/Nom/RBC/Sco; guidance MS +17 area * World Bank (IBRD) Aaa/AAA, to price $bench global 3Y, via BNP/C/HSBC/TD; guidance MS +9 area * International ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Volume Higher; Clients Sell Most Active Issues 2016-07-06 10:05:37.567 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $14.5b vs $6.7b Friday, $16.7b the previous Tuesday. 10-DMA $13.7b; 10-Tuesday moving avg $16.1b. * 144a trading added $1.9b of IG volume vs $932m on Friday, $2.7b last Tuesday * Most ...

FX

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Yen and Dollar Firm, Risk Off Continues The risk off sentiment continues The UK political backdrop remains unclear Sweden’s Riksbank left policy steady, as expected EM is back under pressure The dollar is firmer against the majors as risk off sentiment intensifies.  The yen is ...