After months in the wilderness, the Spanish covered bond market revived but only briefly. Banco Sabadell reopened the sector at the beginning of May with the first jumbo cédulas hipotecarias issue since November. The two-year, €1.25 billion deal generated a €2.5 billion order book, and sparked off a two-week frenzy of issuance that included deals from BankInter, Bancaja and Caixa Catalunya.
But a fortnight after the Sabadell deal, Caixa Galicia was forced to cap the size of its two-year deal at €500 million, having had hopes of raising as much as €1 billion.
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