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French Debt Risk Premium Drops as Government Falls, Macron Next Move in Focus
Date: December 5, 2024
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – The risk premium investors demand to hold French debt rather than German Bunds dropped on Thursday after the widely expected collapse of the French government. Far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined forces early this week to back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Analysts fear France would enter a...
Sweden’s Sbb Receives Letters From Funds Intending to Accelerate Eurobonds
Date: December 5, 2024
(Reuters) – Swedish property group SBB said it had received letters from FFI Fund and Olifant Fund notifying an intention to accelerate their holdings of its 2028 and 2029 notes issued under the 2020 and 2021 Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) programme. The bondholders claimed that their combined holdings in these bonds amount to a...
Eurex Eyes 2025 Launch for EU Bond Futures
Date: November 26, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Deutsche Boerse’s Eurex exchange is eyeing a launch for a futures contract linked to European Union bonds next year, it said on Tuesday. The statement comes just weeks after the exchange said it still needed to see the right conditions before launching the futures, seeing confidence that the EU’s bond programme —...
New German Finance Minister Wants ‘realistic’ Debt Brake Reform, Report Says
Date: November 22, 2024
BERLIN (Reuters) -New German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies dampened expectations that a reform of the nation’s spending cap, known as the debt brake, could lead to more leeway in the federal budget in an interview with the Handelsblatt newspaper published on Friday. “You have to look at what is realistic and what there could be...
New UK Debt Chief Sees Ready Appetite for More Bond Issuance
Date: October 31, 2024
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government bond market is well placed to absorb the higher debt issuance needed to fund the new Labour government’s budget plans, the head of the country’s debt agency told Reuters on Wednesday. The UK Debt Management Office revised up its gilt issuance plans for this financial year by 19.2...
French Bond Investors Brace for Moody’s Rating Review
Date: October 24, 2024
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – Rating agency Moody’s will review France’s sovereign rating on Friday in what could be the next test of sentiment for bond investors. Moody’s rates France at Aa2 and the market has already priced in the risk of a downgrade given concerns about the country’s finances. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Rating...