Archive for July, 2016

Credit Pipeline

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: 2 to Price; TEVA Calls, Meetings Set 2016-07-14 09:39:01.990 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Expected to price today: * Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Aaa/AAA, to price $bench Global 5Y FRN, via managers C/GS/Nom; guidance 3ML +20 area * Province of Quebec (Q) Aa2/A+, to price at least $500m 3Y FRN MTN, via BAML/HSBC/JPM/TD; ...

Zero Coupon Perpetual

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

This Barron's story notes that some of the conversation around helicopter money in Japan focuses on a zero coupon perpetual bond. Zero coupon perpetual is sort of a financial oxymoron.  It is a stock without a dividend but since it is issued by the government there is no chance for ...

Helicopter Money Sinks Yen

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Barron's: July 14, 2016, 2:41 A.M. ET Yen Slides, Breaks 105 As Abe Advisor Talks About Helicopter Money By Shuli Ren The Japanese yen fell more than 1% in afternoon trading, breaking 105 for the first time since June 24, while the Nikkei 225 rose for the fourth day, closing 1% higher ...

More FX

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgmarkets.com/r/?id=h10ee72d8,17a5c39d,17a5c39e&p1=136122&p2=4c5754bf32d93a80098869f7b9ccad1c> The UK continues to make headlines, with PM Theresa May's first Cabinet taking shape. In comes Boris Johnson to the Foreign Office (amid gasps from the commenting classes), and out goes George Osborne (replaced as Chancellor by Phillip Hammond). Mr Hammond has already said there won't ...

FX

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Will BOE Ease on May Day? After a nearly three weeks of turmoil following the UK referendum, there is now a sense of order returning to UK politics Today's focus though is not on Brexit per se, but rather the Bank of England meeting ...

Overnight Data Preview

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

Via Robert Sinche at Amherst Pierpont Securities: CHINA: Over the next week the PBOC will release its monetary report for June; the Bberg consensus expects that Aggregate Financing Activity to have picked up to CNY 1,100bn from a 7-month low of CNY659.9bn in May. Since GDP and other key data will ...

FX

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Sterling and Yen Momentum Slows Momentum is stalling today across many markets The Japanese government cut its GDP and inflation forecasts today Bank Negara unexpectedly cut rates 25 bp to 3.0%; China reported a slightly smaller trade surplus There are two key ...

Trump Making Inroads in Key States

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

Via Politico.com: Swing-state stunner: Trump has edge in key states By Steven Shepard 07/13/16 06:00 AM EDT Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election's most important battlegrounds? New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania — and tied in the ...

Heavy Trading of Secondary Market Corporate Bonds

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: 5th Highest Trading Volume on Record; Spreads Tighter 2016-07-13 09:52:30.365 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $21.3b vs $15.9b Monday, $14.5b the previous Tuesday. * $21.3b was the 5th highest volume of any session back to July 2005 when the series began; more than ...

Credit Pipeline

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: 5 Set to Price, Domestics May Be Added 2016-07-13 09:34:07.439 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Expected to price today: * Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) A1/A+, to price 2-part deal, via managers BNP/BAML/C/Nom * 5Y, guidance MS +60 area * 10Y, guidance MS +64 area * Municipality Finance (MUNIFIN) Aa1/AA+, launched $1b 144a/Reg-S ...