UniCredit Is Already Borrowing for 2027

Italy’s UniCredit drew more than $20 billion in orders for a $3.5 billion U.S. bond sale to start funding next year’s needs. Even with that demand, the bank agreed to pay 6.585% for the first ten years on its longest tranche, putting a price on the certainty of having cash in hand early.

 

 

 

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More than 200 investors placed orders as UniCredit returned to the U.S. bond market for the first time since 2021. Its longest tranche priced 148 basis points above the 10-year Treasury. If that proposal landed on my desk, I’d want one more number before signing. What will the cash earn between the day we borrow it and the day we put it to work? Elsewhere in Europe, London and Frankfurt edged higher. In Asia, Japan’s finance minister renewed her warning about currency volatility after the dollar briefly crossed ¥160. Tokyo finished higher while Hong Kong fell. In Taiwan, the Microsoft outage reached the trading desk. One financial firm confirmed trades by fax, and another canceled a bond repurchase transaction. 

 

U.S. futures pointed to a modestly higher open, with the Nasdaq-100 barely participating. The individual stocks told a livelier story. Microsoft slipped about 2% before the bell, while Nvidia gained roughly 1.8% after naming CFO Colette Kress interim chief executive following Jensen Huang’s resignation. Data-center cooling supplier Modine had jumped about 29% in Thursday’s extended session after Bloomberg reported acquisition talks with Samsung. The morning’s next test was the 8:30 a.m. producer-price report. Going into it, the 10-year Treasury yielded 5.13%, gold edged higher, oil eased and Bitcoin had fallen back below $70,000. 

 

In Latin America, Mexico asked the IMF to trim its precautionary credit line from roughly $24 billion to $18 billion. The Fund approved the request Thursday, leaving Mexico with a smaller backstop available if needed. The peso edged higher against a broadly firmer dollar Friday morning. For companies paying Mexican suppliers, the more immediate issue is Monday’s bank holiday. Confirm the receiving bank’s cutoff before promising a delivery date. Elsewhere in the region, Peru raised its policy rate a quarter point to 4.50%, while Argentina’s October inflation reached 2.2% for the month even as its annual rate eased to 33.1%. 

 

 

 

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UniCredit chose to secure part of its 2027 funding while buyers were willing to commit. For another borrower weighing the same choice, the relevant cost is the interest paid before the money is needed, less the income it can earn in the meantime. 

 

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The VIX stood at 18.35 at 6:13 a.m. ET, down 0.35 point from Thursday’s 18.70 close. 

 

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Ionfi | CIO — What to Watch Into the Close™

 

• The first move after producer prices. Use the two-year Treasury’s 4.85% pre-release yield as the reference. If it rises after 8:30 a.m. ET, watch whether the move holds through the equity open and whether the dollar makes another run at ¥160. 

• Whether smaller companies catch a bid. The Russell 2000 lost 1.66% Thursday against a 0.35% decline in the S&P 500. If yields ease, a small-cap recovery would show that buyers are returning to some of the companies most exposed to borrowing costs. 

• Friday’s payment cutoff in Mexico. For a peso payment due Monday, check today whether the recipient can receive and use the funds on the date promised. An available digital banking channel and a confirmed credit to the beneficiary are two different milestones. 

 

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