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Rabo Rate Directions
Rabo Rate Directions Financial Markets Research 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com ”T-LTROs: Carry on carrying” Richard McGuire Head of Rates Strategy +44 (0) 20 7664 9730 Richard.McGuire@rabobank.com We have provided an estimate of take-up of ECB funds per country by banks in T-LTROs 1&2 and also 3&4... ...and also given our thoughts on the potential impact of this on the various Eurozone sovereign bond markets. Lyn Graham-Taylor Fixed Income Strategist +44 (0)20 7664 9732 Lyn.Graham-Taylor@rabobank.com Bas van Geffen Quantitative Analyst +31 (0)30 216 9722 Bas.van.Geffen@rabobank.com At last week’s ECB meeting we learnt more technical details about the T-LTRO operations to be conducted by the central bank. In this piece we have built on these details and provided an estimate of take-up in the first two operations (T-LTROs 1&2) and also in the first two of the top-up opportunities (T-LTROs 3&4). We have then looked at what the impact of these estimated take-up sizes will be on the Eurozone government bond market. Initial take-up The preface to this piece is that, with the 3yr LTROs maturity dates rapidly approaching, we view the T-LTROs very much through the lens of acting as substitutes for expiring 3yr LTRO funding. The first two T-LTRO operations (T-LTROs 1&2) will be run on 18 September 2014 and 11 December 2014. The maximum combined amount that can be taken up in these two operations is termed by the ECB as the ‘Initial Borrowing Allowance’. This number is equal to 7% of the amount of ‘eligible loans’ – this being the outstanding amount of loans by each bank to households (excluding mortgage lending) and non-financial corporations as at 30/04/2014. In our calculations (see ‘Max T-LTRO 1&2 take-up’ table 1 below) the maximum figure that could be taken up across the Eurozone banking sector in T-LTROs 1&2 is EUR 394bn (hence the widely quoted EUR 400bn figure – which was initially mentioned by President Draghi himself). Country BE GE IR GR SP FR IT CY LU NE AS PT FI Total Total Eligible Lending Max T-LTRO 1&2 take-up Current 3yr LTRO usage T-LTRO 1&2 actual take-up Net decline in LTRO funds 139.7 1350 110.3 139 768.5 1099.1 1075.2 35.5 61.9 413.9 219 119.6 97.4 5629.1 9.8 94.5 7.7 9.7 53.8 76.9 75.3 2.5 4.3 29.0 15.3 8.4 6.8 394.0 13.1 17.1 16.0 1.2 149.2 39.2 158.4 0.1 0.9 9.8 17.1 7.7 1.2 53.8 39.2 75.3 0.1 0.9 0.0 5.1 8.4 0.5 219.1 -3.3 0.0 -8.3 0.0 -95.4 0.0 -83.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -28.0 0.0 218.1 5.1 36.3 0.5 437.2 No available dat a but assumed t o be minimal However, two factors play a key role when it comes to estimating what the actual take-up will be in these two operations: i) When the two 3-yr LTRO operations were run in December 2011 and February 2012 we were at the peak of the Eurozone crisis and associated concerns about countries leaving the currency bloc. We are clearly now Page 1 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com in a very different place and we would suggest that banks of the core (or those in the periphery viewed as more solid) will have much less incentive to take-up funds this time (particularly given the ongoing AQR process which has seen many banks keen to remove long-term LTRO ECB funding from their balance sheets). In addition we would suggest that there will be less political pressure on core banks to take up funding than was previously the case. However, this T-LTRO money is still cheap funding (25bp with a minimum tenor of two years) and it cannot be ruled out that some core banks will still deem taking it worth the stigma. 3yr LTRO funding that has yet to be repaid is not split evenly amongst the banking sectors of each respective Eurozone member. The blue bars in Chart 1 below (which correspond to ‘Current 3yr LTRO usage’ in table 1) show that by far the largest remaining borrowers are Italian and Spanish banks. There are significant differences between this outstanding borrowing and the maximum amount that the two countries can borrow in T-LTROs 1&2 (see the orange bars in Chart 1). Please bear in mind that this LTRO usage data is relatively infrequently released by EZ central banks and we have used the most recent data released by each central bank. In addition, in these numbers the CB’s do not discriminate between 3month and 3-yr LTRO funding and so we have simply taken the current volume of outstanding 3-month LTRO borrowing (EUR 34.6bn) and subtracted this from each individual country’s total LTRO borrowing on a pro-rata basis. ii) Chart 1: Current estimated 3yr LTRO usage and maximum possible T-LTRO 1&2 take-up 180 Chart 2: Net decline of overall LTRO funding EUR bn 0 160 -10 140 -20 120 -30 Current 3yr LTRO usage Max T-LTRO 1&2 take-up 100 EUR bn -40 Net repayment of LTRO funding post T-LTRO 1&2 -50 80 -60 60 -70 40 -80 -90 20 -100 0 BE GE IR GR SP Source: ECB, Rabobank FR IT CY LU NE AS PT BE FI GE IR GR SP FR IT CY LU NE AS PT FI Source: ECB, Rabobank Given the two points explained above, in estimating T-LTROs 1&2 take-up by the banking sector in each individual country we have assumed that: (a) Countries that currently have lower 3yr LTRO funds outstanding than their maximum allowed borrowing under T-LTROs 1&2 will borrow a sum equal to the former (i.e. they will simply replace any existing 3yr LTRO funding with T-LTRO 1&2 funds). (b) Countries that currently have more 3yr LTRO funds outstanding than their maximum borrowing allowed under T-LTROs 1&2 will borrow a sum equal to the latter (i.e. they will take-up as much T-LTRO 1&2 funding as they are allowed). (c) On a more minor note we think that, primarily due to issues surrounding having sufficient collateral of the required quality, banks planning to take-up funds in T-LTROs 1&2 will make significant repayments of 3yr LTRO funds just prior to them being run (i.e. they will be swapping one source of funding for the other rather than having an intermediate period of higher total borrowing in which they are making use of both the 3yr LTROs and T-LTROs 1&2). This should in turn be associated with, in the coming weeks, a slowdown in the rate of repayment of 3yr LTRO funds (as banks no longer have to worry about where they will obtain longer-term funding and the associated necessity of unwinding govvie carry trades). Using this process we estimate a combined EZ borrowing volume in T-LTROs 1&2 of EUR 219bn. In terms of how this take-up will be split, our initial thoughts are that significantly more will be taken up in the first operation (perhaps 70% of the total). The thinking here is that the keenness of banks to gain longer-term security of funding (particularly as the second operation happens very close to year end) will outweigh the fact that the T-LTRO funding will be more expensive at 25bp (the refi rate at the time of borrowing +10bp) than 3yr LTRO money (currently the refi rate). Chart 2 above shows the ‘net decline in overall LTRO funds that will be seen once T-LTROs 1&2 have both Page 2 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com taken place (in September and December 2014) and both of the 3yr LTROs have matured (on 29 January 2015 and 26 February 2015 respectively). This shows that the major losers are Italy, Spain and Portugal. However, the followup T-LTROs need to also be taken into account and we will discuss this in the following section. Additional take-up In addition to T-LTROs 1&2, six further T-LTRO operations will be run between March 2015 and June 2016. However, we will concentrate on the first two of these to take place (in March and June 2015 respectively) and which we will term T-LTROs 3&4. This is because they most closely resemble a substitute for the maturing 3yr LTROs. The first issue to discuss is the rules governing take-up in T-LTROs 3&4 (which for the purpose of this analysis we are viewing as one event). This is a three stage process: Stage 1 – Calculate monthly net lending Calculate for each bank the average monthly eligible net lending (of ‘eligible loans’ as defined earlier) between May 2013 and April 2014. The data on a country by country basis is shown in Chart 3 below (which corresponds to ‘Average monthly eligible net lending’ in Table 2 on the following page). Chart 3: Average monthly change in eligible net lending EUR bn 1 0 -1 -2 -3 Average Monthly Change in Eligible Net Lending -4 -5 -6 -7 BE GE IR GR SP FR IT CY LU NE AS PT FI Source: ECB, Rabobank Stage 2 – Calculate the benchmark At this stage EZ banks are divided into two categories (this is specific to T-LTROs 3&4 and does not apply to subsequent T-LTROs) i) Banks that have increased or maintained eligible net lending (NL) in the 12-months prior to April 2014 have their benchmark set at zero. As is shown in chart 3 above, when looking at whole country banking sectors this zero benchmark will on average only apply to banks in Belgium, Germany, France and Finland (and then only just!). ii) For banks that have decreased their eligible net lending in the 12-months prior to April 2014, the benchmark will be a negative number. This negative number is calculated by multiplying the monthly eligible net lending figure by the number of months elapsed between 30/04/2014 and the ‘allotment reference month’ of T-LTROs 3&4 (these months being January and April 2015 respectively and meaning that the multiplication number is, again respectively, 9 and 12). This is essentially a straight line interpolation process. Stage 3 – Calculate the ‘Additional Borrowing Allowance’ This figure is first gained by calculating the net amount of eligible loans given in the nine or 12-month period prior to T-LTROs 3&4 allotment reference month (we believe that this is done on a flow basis rather than a balance sheet change basis, i.e. origination of loans even when they are subsequently distributed still counts towards the lending target). If this figure is positive, it is then multiplied by three in order to gain the ‘Additional Borrowing Allowance’. Key to note here is that banks that have had positive net lending in the twelve months prior to April 2014 must increase the size of their lending of eligible loans in the subsequent 9/12 months in order to take up money in T- Page 3 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com LTROs 3&4. However, banks that have decreased the size of their balance sheet during the same period just have to reduce the rate of this decrease going forward in order to be able to take up T-LTRO 3&4 funds. NL ≥ 0 NL < 0 T-LTRO 3&4 take-up T-LTRO 3&4 take-up 0.4 0 0 0.0 0.4 8.3 0.0 95.4 65.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 181.5 Country Average Monthly Eligible Net Lending 0.02 0.28 -0.67 -0.52 -6.68 0.14 -3.63 -0.12 -0.04 -0.73 -0.13 -0.69 0.38 BE GE IR GR SP FR IT CY LU NE AS PT FI Total Net decline in LTRO funds -2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -15.5 0.0 In estimating take-up, we have made two further assumptions (apologies for the multitude of these in this piece): i) In the period between April 2014 and the allotment reference month, banks of each country will halve their rate of monthly change in eligible lending that was observed in the twelve months prior to April 2014. We have primarily done this due to the aggressive amount of deleveraging that has been seen in recent years (particularly given the December 2013 cut-off for the AQR) and have therefore assumed that this rate will slow down (i.e. we have taken a conservative position). ii) Only banks in countries that had a net repayment of 3yr LTRO funds following T-LTROs 1&2 will take-up funds in T-LTROs 3&4. In addition, these banks will take up as much as they are permitted until they close their net repayment position to zero. This process leads us to calculating a take-up in T-LTROs 3&4 of EUR 182bn. Again, due to the greater mis-match in funding that would otherwise occur between the final LTRO repayment occurring in February and T-LTRO 4 not occurring until June, we would expect a more significant take-up in T-LTRO 3 in March (the gap in funding between February and March could of course be filled by use of the 6-month LTROs or the weekly MRO). It is worth re-stating that our estimate of take-up in T-LTROs 3&4 depends entirely on realised net lending by banks in the period preceeding the borrowing. Chart 4: Take-up in T-LTROs 1&2 and 3&4 versus current 3yr LTRO usage 180 EUR bn Chart 5: Net decline of LTRO borrowing following T-LTROs 1,2,3&4 180 160 160 140 140 120 120 100 80 Current 3yr LTRO usage 100 T-LTRO 3&4 take-up 80 T-LTRO 1&2 actual take-up 60 60 40 40 20 20 0 0 BE GE IR GR SP Source: ECB, Rabobank FR IT CY LU NE AS PT 0 EUR bn -20 -40 -60 Net repayment of LTRO funding post T-LTRO 1&2 -80 Net repayment of LTRO funding post T-LTRO 1,2,3&4 -100 -120 BE FI GE IR GR SP FR IT CY LU NE AS PT FI Source: ECB, Rabobank The key question is what country’s banks remain a net re-payer of LTRO funding even after T-LTROs 3&4 have taken place? Chart 4 above shows a comparison of current 3yr LTRO borrowing and our combined estimated take-up in TLTROs 1,2,3 & 4. Building on this, chart 5 specifically shows net repayment post T-LTROs 1&2 (orange bars) and then after T-LTROs 3&4 (red bars). These red bars highlight that the losers are primarily Italy and Portugal (and to a much lesser extent Belgium). However, it should be noted that the amounts involved are still relatively small, particularly Page 4 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com on a percentage basis in the case of Italy where the number stands at EUR 17.8bn versus a current figure for 3yr LTRO borrowing of EUR 158.4bn (so a percentage decrease of c.11%). And what does this mean for govvies? When we previously wrote on T-LTROs (see “ECB ramifications” available on our Bloomberg page RABR <GO>) we expressed the view that T-LTROs would be a narrower for peripheral spreads. The thinking behind this was two-fold. Firstly, the operations would give additional security of longer-term funding to peripheral banks and that, given the links between banks and sovereigns, the sovereigns should benefit on the credit spread front. Secondly, the tenor of the funding would allow an extension of the carry trade for those peripheral banks who had taken LTRO funds and invested them in their home government bond market. At the time of that piece we did, however, express some concerns that T-LTROs 1&2 would not fully cover maturing 3yr LTRO funding (thinking specifically of Spain and Italy). However, the extra details provided on the T-LTROs by the ECB following last week’s meeting (specifically those regarding T-LTROs 3&4) mean that our estimates suggest that take-up of T-LTROs 1,2,3 & 4 will almost entirely cover maturing 3yr LTRO funding. Peripheral banks can therefore carry on playing the sovereign bond carry trade to almost exactly the same extent as is currently the case (hence the title of this piece – “Carry on Carrying”) – indeed they can simply roll along the sovereign curve. The exceptions to this, as noted above, are for Italy and Portugal but with the funding gap being relatively small. (This gap can of course be filled by 6M LTRO or weekly MRO funding but clearly this will be a less favourable option for the banks involved). Therefore, at the margin, a short Italy long Spain position would seem the most obvious play within the peripherals as the date of T-LTRO 1 approaches (although we would suggest waiting until more news has come out on Banco Espirito Santo before entering this position – this being as, for obvious reasons, Spain is significantly more affected by poor Portuguese news than Italy). Page 5 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com Trading Book Long 10y Spain vs. Germany Entry (May 27) 145.0bp Current (Jul 11) 157.5bp Target 100bp Stop 170bp Rationale: The raft of measures unveiled by the ECB on June 5 look set to provide another shot in the arm for the peripheral spread-narrowing theme; most notably the new 4y TLTROs which are widely seen as providing further fuel for the peripheral carry trade. Meanwhile, our “vicious circle” thesis argues that the ECB’s activism may prove self-defeating in that these stimulatory efforts may further attract capital inflow into peripherals thereby limiting the hoped for weakening of the single currency. In essence, the promise of QE itself generates pressure to go down such an unorthodox policy route. Against this backdrop, we believe peripheral spread narrowing has some way to run yet (and, in the context of our thesis is self-perpetuating). Our target for 10y Spain vs. Germany is 100bp although we suspect double-digit territory is a clear likelihood. Trade: Long SPGB 3.8% 30 Apr 2024 vs. DBR 1.5% 15 May 2024 Dutch 5s-10s steepener Entry (May 27) 112.0bp Current (Jul 11) 106.2bp Target 132bp Stop 100bp Rationale: The premise here is two-fold. Firstly, ECB activism is likely to see the lower-for-longer rate view move further along the front end of the curve (the sweet spot being around the 5yr sector). Secondly, any relative firming of the US data tone and a (likely) build up of the debate as regards Fed policy normalisation stands to see an underperformance of the longer end. We are hopeful that this steepening trade will perform in a market that is rallying or selling off (to some extent this spread taps into the Atlantic spread widening theme that we have been exploring/ trading since the middle of last year). Trade: Long NETHER 1.25% 15 Jan 2019 vs. NETHER 2% 15 Jul 2024 Page 6 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions Marketing Communication 11 July 2014 Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com Relative Value Trades The tables below display the top ten bonds from both a country-switch and curve-play perspective that look particularly cheap according to Rabo’s Rich/Cheap Model (with cheapness defined here as a yield spread that is a significant number of standard deviations above its 60-day moving average). The model covers bonds issued by Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Finland that have a remaining maturity of greater than one year. The ‘Spread’ column shows the current basis point spread of the cheap bond in relation to the rich bond while the ‘No. of Stdevs’ column shows the number of standard deviations that this current spread is away from its 60-day moving average. Country Switch Cheap Bond Spread No. of Stdevs RFGB 4.375 07/04/19 Govt DBR 2.5 08/15/46 Govt DBR 2.5 08/15/46 Govt DBR 2.5 07/04/44 Govt DBR 3.25 07/04/42 Govt DBR 4.75 07/04/40 Govt DBR 4.25 07/04/39 Govt RFGB 4.375 07/04/19 Govt DBR 4 01/04/37 Govt DBR 6.5 07/04/27 Govt -19.53 -3.87 -8.80 -5.83 -8.03 -9.25 -9.50 -18.73 -10.76 -21.35 2.66 2.58 2.58 2.56 2.51 2.47 2.44 2.44 2.43 2.42 Rich Bond RAGB 3.9 07/15/20 Govt RFGB 2.625 07/04/42 Govt NETHER 2.75 01/15/47 Govt RFGB 2.625 07/04/42 Govt RFGB 2.625 07/04/42 Govt RFGB 2.625 07/04/42 Govt RFGB 2.625 07/04/42 Govt NETHER 3.5 07/15/20 Govt RFGB 2.625 07/04/42 Govt NETHER 5.5 01/15/28 Govt Curve Switch Cheap Bond Spread No. of Stdevs RAGB 1.15 10/19/18 Govt RAGB 1.95 06/18/19 Govt RFGB 1.75 04/15/16 Govt RFGB 1.875 04/15/17 Govt NETHER 0 04/15/16 Govt RAGB 4 09/15/16 Govt RFGB 4.375 07/04/19 Govt OBL 0.5 04/07/17 Govt RFGB 4.25 07/04/15 Govt RAGB 4 09/15/16 Govt -34.95 -20.17 -178.03 -169.16 -168.18 -207.96 -15.80 -161.49 -181.69 -167.26 Best Country Switch Long Finland 2019s vs. Austria 2020s bp -34 RFGB 4.375% 2019s vs. RAGB 3.9% 2020s -20 -21 bp -35 RAGB 1.15% 2018s vs. RAGB 3.9% 2020s -36 -22 -37 -23 -38 -24 -25 -39 -26 -40 -27 -41 -28 18-Apr RAGB 3.9 07/15/20 Govt RAGB 3.9 07/15/20 Govt RFGB 2.75 07/04/28 Govt RFGB 2.75 07/04/28 Govt NETHER 5.5 01/15/28 Govt RAGB 2.4 05/23/34 Govt RFGB 3.375 04/15/20 Govt DBR 4.75 07/04/28 Govt RFGB 2.75 07/04/28 Govt RAGB 6.25 07/15/27 Govt Best Curve Switch Long Finland 2015s vs. Finland 2028s -19 02-May 16-May 30-May Source: Bloomberg, Rabobank Page 7 of 13 2.88 2.78 2.72 2.62 2.59 2.59 2.58 2.57 2.55 2.53 Rich Bond 13-Jun 27-Jun 11-Jul -42 01-Apr 15-Apr 29-Apr 13-May 27-May Source: Bloomberg, Rabobank Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document 10-Jun 24-Jun 08-Jul Rabo Rate Directions Marketing Communication 11 July 2014 Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com Market Bias Indicator The charts below provide some basic analysis on the Request for Quote data seen by our government bond trading desk with regards to Dutch Govvies. This analysis is based on two measurements: i) Number of inquiries – An individual inquiry consists of a client asking for a price to buy/sell a particular bond from/to our trading desk. ii) Volumes of inquiries – The size in EUR of each inquiry. All of the data are from the perspective of the client and we are only looking at bonds (i.e. no bills included). Charts 1 & 2 - Buy/ Sell pressure for the week and historic comparison In terms of calculation, in each week a net amount of inquiries is calculated for each of the five maturity buckets. A positive number therefore indicates that there were more buy than sell inquiries from clients. This net amount of inquiries is then divided by the total amount of inquiries (not netted) received over all buckets. Thus the charts aim to show not only interest in a particular bucket but also how this compares relatively to the other buckets. Exactly the same methodology is followed for the volume data. Chart 1 shows this data for this week while Chart 2 gives an historic comparison with regards to the volume data (i.e. the actual market mover) only. Chart 1: Buy (+) or sell (-) pressure this week Chart 2: Historical volume of inquiries buy (+) or sell (-) pressure 0.15 0.15 <= 2y 5-10y > 15y 0.10 Number Volume Buy (+) or sell (-) pressure Buy (+) or sell (-) pressure 0.10 0.05 0.00 -0.05 -0.10 0.05 2-5y 10-15y 0.00 -0.05 -0.10 -0.15 -0.20 -0.25 -0.15 <= 2y 2-5y 5-10y 10-15y > 15y Source: Rabobank Govvie desk -0.30 26-Jun 03-Jul 10-Jul Source: Rabobank Govvie desk Charts 3 & 4 - Buy/Sell pressure per bucket for the week These two charts provide a simple graphic showing the strength of the buy/sell signal within each individual bucket – but not relative to the other buckets (differentiating it from the methodology used for Chart 1-2). The green portion of the bar shows the number of buy inquiries divided by the total number of inquiries in that bucket while the red portion shows the number of sell inquiries divided by the total number of inquiries in that bucket. The same methodology is used for the volume data. Chart 3: Buy (+) and sell (-) pressure per bucket for the week (number of inquiries) Chart 4: Buy (+) and sell (-) pressure per bucket for the week (volume of inquiries) 100% 80% Percentage Buy Inquiries 80% 60% Percentage Sell Inquiries 60% <- Sell (-) % | Buy (+) % -> <- Sell (-) % | Buy (+) % -> 100% 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% -60% -60% -80% -80% -100% -100% <= 2y 2-5y 5-10y Source: Rabobank Govvie desk Page 8 of 13 Percentage Buy Volume Percentage Sell Volume 10-15y > 15y <= 2y 2-5y 5-10y Source: Rabobank Govvie desk Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document 10-15y > 15y Rabo Rate Directions Marketing Communication 11 July 2014 Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com Auction Calendar (all times in CET, international bonds not included) Date Redemption Coupon Jul-14 France: EUR 25.6bn 3% 2014s [2] Jul-15 Netherlands: EUR 12.5bn 3.75% 2014s Austria: EUR 9.6bn 4.3% 2014s France: EUR 1.4bn (2 different issues combined) [1] Italy: EUR 361mn Austria: EUR 1.8bn (4 different issues combined) Netherlands: EUR 5.2bn (11 different issues combined) Jul-16 Jul-17 Time Auction 11:30 Germany: Tap EUR 4bn 1.5% 15 May 2024 (DBR) 10:30 Spain: Tap 2.1% 30 Apr 2017, 5.85% 31 Jan 2022 and 5.75% 30 Jul 2032 10:50/ France: Tap up to EUR 8.5bn 0.25% 25 Nov 11:50 2016, 4% 25 Apr 2018 and 0.5% 25 Nov 2019 and tap up to EUR 1.5bn 0.25% I/L 25 Jul 2018, 0.1% I/L 25 Jul 2021 and 0.25% I/L 25 Jul 2024 EFSF: EUR 97mn Jul-18 Jul-21 EFSF: EUR 138mn Greece: EUR 225mn (2 different issues combined) [2] Greece: EUR 464mn (8 different issues combined) [3] Ireland: EUR 6mn (2 different issues combined) [3] Slovakia: EUR 3mn Jul-22 Jul-23 Jul-24 Jul-25 12:00 Belgium: Bonds Jul-28 Jul-29 Jul-30 11:00 Italy: I/L bonds 11:00 Italy: Medium-long term bonds Greece: EUR 78mn 2014s Greece: EUR 3mn (3 different issues combined) France: EUR 3.5bn (17 different issues combined) Jul-31 Aug-01 Aug-04 Aug-05 Aug-06 Aug-07 Aug-08 Aug-11 Greece: EUR 485k Spain: EUR 16.4bn 4.75% 2014s Italy: EUR 27.2bn 4.25% 2014s 11:00 11:30 10:30 Spain: EUR 8.4bn (11 different issues combined) EFSF: EUR 75mn Italy: EUR 8.4bn (17 different issues combined) Belgium: EUR 3mn [4] Austria: Bonds Germany: Tap EUR 3bn 0.5% 12 Apr 2019 (OBL) Spain: Bonds Greece: EUR 1.5bn 2014s [6] Slovakia: EUR 22mn [5] Greece: EUR 8mn [6] 1 Scheduled for Saturday 12 July 2014 2 Scheduled for Saturday 19 July 2014 3 Scheduled for Sunday 20 July 2014 4 Scheduled for Saturday 02 August 2014 5 Scheduled for Saturday 09 August 2014 6 Scheduled for Sunday 10 August 2014 Auction Highlights: On Wednesday Germany will be looking to issue EUR 4bn of the 1.5% 15 May 2024 (10yr benchmark). The last time this bond was auctioned on 18/06/2014 it had a yield of 1.39%, a bid/cover of 1.2x (real bid/cover 1.0x) and a tail of 1cts. Page 9 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions Marketing Communication 11 July 2014 Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com Rating Review Calendar July 2014 Week 27 (Friday 04) Netherlands (Moody's) Belgium (Moody's) EFSF (Fitch) Week 28 (Friday 11) Week 29 (Friday 18) Week 30 (Friday 25) Germany (S&P) Germany (Fitch) Belgium (S&P) Netherlands (Fitch) Greece (DBRS) August 2014 Week 31 (Friday 01) Week 32 (Friday 08) Week 33 (Friday 15) Week 34 (Friday 22) Week 35 (Friday 29) Greece (Moody's) Ireland (Fitch) September 2014 Week 36 (Friday 05) Week 37 (Friday 12) Week 38 (Friday 19) Week 39 (Friday 26) Portugal (Moody's) Ireland (Moody's) France (Moody's) Austria (S&P) Greece (S&P) Belgium (DBRS) Finland (Fitch) EFSF (DBRS) ESM (Fitch) Ireland (DBRS) ESM (DBRS) Germany (DBRS) EFSF (Moody's) ESM (Moody's) October 2014 Week 40 (Friday 03) Week 41 (Friday 10) Week 42 (Friday 17) Week 43 (Friday 24) Week 44 (Friday 31) Finland (Moody's) Italy (Moody's) Spain (Moody's) Germany (Moody's) Netherlands (Moody's) Finland (S&P) Austria (Moody's) France (S&P) Italy (Fitch) EFSF (S&P) Spain (Fitch) Portual (Fitch) Spain (DBRS) Italy (DBRS) Netherlands (DBRS) Legend Negative Outlook Negative Watch Positive Outlook Negative Watch Current ratings Country Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain EFSF ESM Page 10 of 13 Moody's Effective as Rating of* Aaa 28/02/2014 Aa3 16/12/2011 Aaa 24/05/2006 Aa1 19/11/2012 Aaa 28/02/2014 Caa3 29/11/2013 Baa1 16/05/2014 Baa2 14/02/2014 Aaa 07/03/2014 Ba2 09/05/2014 Baa2 21/02/2014 Aa1 06/06/2014 Aa1 06/06/2014 Rating AA+ AA AAA AA AAA BABBB AA+ BB BBB AA #N/A S&P Effective as of* 29/01/2013 28/02/2014 11/04/2014 08/11/2013 13/01/2012 18/12/2012 06/06/2014 09/07/2013 29/11/2013 09/05/2014 23/05/2014 08/11/2013 #N/A Fitch Effective as Rating of* AAA 15/02/2008 AA 23/01/2013 AAA 11/12/2007 AA+ 12/07/2013 AAA 06/11/2007 B 23/05/2014 BBB+ 14/11/2012 BBB+ 25/04/2014 AAA 05/02/2013 BB+ 11/04/2014 BBB+ 25/04/2014 AA+ 15/07/2013 AAA 08/10/2012 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document DBRS Effective as Rating of* AAA 21/06/2011 AAH 21/03/2014 AAA 14/08/2012 AAA 12/05/2011 AAA 16/06/2011 CCCH 16/08/2013 AL 28/03/2014 AL 06/03/2013 AAA 12/05/2011 BBBL 23/05/2014 AL 08/08/2012 AAA 27/07/2012 #N/A 04/04/2014 Rabo Rate Directions Marketing Communication 11 July 2014 Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com * This date represents the date on which the last change to the country's rating or outlook was made. Reviews in which the rating/outlook was affirmed are not included in this. Legend Negative Outlook Positive Outlook Recent Change (Last 7 days) Negative Watch Positive Watch Event Calendar (all times in CET) Date Economic Event Period Cons Prev FI: CPI (MoM) FI: CPI (YoY) EZ: Industrial Production (MoM, SA) EZ: Industrial Production (YoY) Holiday: FR Jun Jun May May ---1.2% 0.5% -0.2% 0.8% 0.8% 1.4% JN: BoJ 2014 Monetary Base Target NL: Trade Balance NL: Retail Sales (YoY) IT: CPI (EU harmonised, YoY, NSA) UK: CPI (EU harmonised, MoM) UK: CPI (EU harmonised, YoY) GE: ZEW Expectations GE: ZEW Current Situation US: Advance Retail Sales (MoM) US: Empire Manufacturing (SA) Jul 15 May May Jun F Jun Jun Jul Jul Jun Jul 270.0 ----0.1% 1.6% 28.5 67.5 0.6% 17.00 270.0 4.5Bn 3.4% 0.2% -0.1% 1.5% 29.8 67.7 0.3% 19.28 SP: Trade Balance CH: GDP (QoQ) CH: GDP (YoY) UK: ILO Unemployment Rate (SA) US: Industrial Production (MoM, SA) US: Capacity Utilization (SA) US: NAHB Housing Market Index US: Fed's Beige Book EU leaders hold Summit in Brussels (day 1) May 2Q 2Q May Jun Jun Jul -1.8% 7.4% 6.5% 0.3% 79.3% 50.0 -2154.8Mn 1.4% 7.4% 6.6% 0.6% 79.1% 49.0 AS: CPI (MoM) AS: CPI (YoY) NL: Unemployment Rate (SA) EZ: CPI (MoM, NSA) EZ: CPI (YoY, NSA) EZ: CPI Core (YoY) US: Building Permits US: Housing Starts US: Philly Fed Business Outlook EZ: ECB Non-policy meeting Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun F Jun F Jun Jun Jul --8.6% 0.1% --1045.0k 1020.0k 16.0 0.3% 1.8% 8.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.8% 1005.0k 1001.0k 17.8 Jul Jul P -83.0 -2.0 82.5 Jul-13 Slovenia: National Assembly Elections Jul-14 08:00 08:00 11:00 11:00 Jul-15 09:30 09:30 10:00 10:30 10:30 11:00 11:00 14:30 14:30 Jul-16 04:00 04:00 10:30 15:15 15:15 16:00 Jul-17 09:00 09:00 09:30 11:00 11:00 11:00 14:30 14:30 16:00 Jul-18 09:30 NL: Consumer Confidence (SA) 15:55 US: Univ. of Michigan Consumer Confidence Page 11 of 13 Please note the disclaimer on the last page of this document Rabo Rate Directions 11 July 2014 Marketing Communication Bloomberg: RABR<GO> | www.rabotransact.com Financial Markets Research Head Jan Lambregts +44 20 7664 9669 Jan.Lambregts@Rabobank.com EMU EMU, Switzerland EMU US Asia UK Brazil +31 30 216 9012 +31 30 216 9013 +31 30 216 9722 +31 30 216 9721 +852 2103 2612 +44 20 7809 4776 +55 11 5503 7315 Elwin.de.Groot@Rabobank.com Emile.Cardon@Rabobank.com Bas.van.Geffen@Rabobank.com Philip.Marey@Rabobank.com Michael.Every@Rabobank.com Jane.Foley@Rabobank.com Roberio.Costa@Rabobank.com G10 Emerging Markets +44 20 7809 4776 +44 20 7664 9774 Jane.Foley@Rabobank.com Christian.Lawrence@Rabobank.com +44 20 7664 9730 +44 20 7664 9732 Richard.McGuire@Rabobank.com Lyn.Graham-Taylor@Rabobank.com +44 20 7664 9842 +44 20 7664 9895 +44 20 7664 9874 +31 30 216 9724 Eddie.Clarke@Rabobank.com Stephen.Queah@Rabobank.com Oliver.Burrows@Rabobank.com Ruben.van.Leeuwen@Rabobank.com Macro Elwin de Groot Emile Cardon Bas van Geffen Philip Marey Michael Every Jane Foley Robério Costa Foreign exchange Jane Foley Christian Lawrence Fixed income Richard McGuire Lyn Graham-Taylor Credit markets Eddie Clarke Stephen Queah Oliver Burrows Ruben van Leeuwen Corporates Corporates Financials ABS Agri Commodity markets – Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) Tracey Allen +44 20 7664 9514 Tracey.Allen@Rabobank.com Global Head Netherlands Europe Asia Australia North America Mexico South America Brazil +31 30 216 9447 +31 30 216 90 45 +44 20 7664 9744 +852 2103 2688 +61 2 8115 3101 +1 212 808 6966 +52 55 52610029 +56 2449 8536 +55 11 55037150 Martijn.Sorber@Rabobank.com Hans.Deusing@Rabobank.com David.Kane@Rabobank.com Brandon.Ma@Rabobank.com Andrew.Millett@Rabobank.com Neil.Williamson@Rabobank.com Marco.Garcia@Rabobank.com Gaston.Iroume@Rabobank.com Sergio.Nakashima@Rabobank.com Global Head Benelux UK, Eire, Scandinavia, M. 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