Rush for Yield Sends Bond Bids to €1 Trillion in Record Time

  • Investor orders pile in for January’s new debt offerings
  • Buyers keen to lock in rising yields before central banks cut
The Euronext NV exchange in Paris.Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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Demand for Europe’s debt sales is running at a record pace as investors clamor to lock in attractive yields before central banks start cutting rates.

Investors have bid about €1.04 trillion ($1.13 trillion), or 4.64 times the €224.86 billion equivalent of syndicated debt sales in the region so far in January from issuers including FranceBloomberg Terminal, Banco SantanderBloomberg Terminal SA and Enagas SA, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.