Nykredit Realkredit has halved the amount of one year ARMs bonds it is selling when it kicks off the latest Danish auction season on Monday from Dkr74bn to Dkr37bn (Eu4.97bn) as its customers move towards longer dated mortgage products, and is building up euro FRNs in connection with this.
The Danish FSA (Finanstilsynet) set out proposals for a “Supervisory Diamond” for Denmark’s mortgage credit institutions on Thursday of last week (11 September) that aims to reinforce the Danish industry’s systemic stability, including moves away from one year ARMs and interest-only (IO) loans.
DLR Kredit is close to bringing to an end the latest round of refinancing auctions by Denmark’s mortgage credit institutions (MCIs), having today (Thursday) finished its auctions of one year ARM bonds, while BRFkredit has said it is pleased with the response to its new, pre-financed bonds.
Nordea Kredit wrapped up three days of refinancing auctions of adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) bonds today (Thursday), while BRFkredit and Nykredit have one day left, with “extreme” spread stability to slight tightening and curve flattening flagged as notable aspects of the sales.
Nykredit Realkredit got the new Danish auction season off to a flying start on Monday morning when its opening, Dkr7bn (Eu939m) sale of one year ARM bonds attracted some Dkr27.9bn of bids and achieved a level inside expectations, and the following auctions unfolded in the same vein.
Nykredit sold some Dkr13bn (Eu1.74bn) of one year ARM bonds this week in the first auctions of covered bonds that feature maturity extension triggers in accordance with new legislation, and market participants said the auctions, although small, show demand to be largely unaffected by the changes.
Nykredit Realkredit sold its tightest syndicated Swedish krona covered bond today (Thursday), a Skr5.5bn (Eu614m, Dkr4.58bn) one year issue, after on Monday kicking off the latest round of auctions for refinancing of ARM bonds.
The Danish government and several opposition parties last Thursday (6 February) agreed on legislation aimed at reducing refinancing risk in the country’s mortgage system, after the central bank said S&P had made a positive statement about the bill.
A proposal for conditional mandatory extension of some Danish covered bonds is a “step in the right direction” but does not fully eradicate mortgage banks’ refinancing risk, S&P said yesterday (Wednesday), and an issuer said the rating agency’s intervention could be helpful.
Danish mortgage banks have begun announcing their plans for the forthcoming auction season of more than Dkr200bn (Eu26.8bn) of ARMs bond sales, while Danish MPs launched the latest salvo in the ongoing battle for covered bonds to be included as Level 1 assets in LCRs.