The Ministry of Economy and Finance announces the placement details of the fourth issuance of the BTP Valore, the family of government bonds targeted exclusively to individual investors.
The amount issued has been equal to 11,226.556 million Euros for an overall number of contracts equal to 384,295, with an average size of 29,213 Euros.
Below, the trend in demand during the placement period from the 6th of May to the 10th of May.
| Number of contracts | Total turnover demanded (€) | Total turnover allotted (€) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° day | 121,546 | 3,700,663,000 | 3,700,663,000 |
| 2° day | 99,126 | 2,864,572,000 | 2,864,572,000 |
| 3° day | 73,028 | 2,129,107,000 | 2,129,107,000 |
| 4° day | 55,738 | 1,562,126,000 | 1,562,126,000 |
| 5° day | 34,857 | 970,088,000 | 970,088,000 |
During the placement period, out of 384,295 contracts concluded on the MOT (the Borsa Italiana’s screen-based market for securities and government bonds) around 66.4 per cent of them had a size of less than 20,000 Euros, while considering contracts up to 50,000 Euros, they were around 90.7 per cent of the total.
From the data received from Dealers, Co-Dealers and other intermediaries, it can be estimated that the participation of retail investors was significantly higher compared to the private banking, with a share of 72 per cent. Within the share allotted to retail investors, requests received through the banking networks and postal offices (both at the bank desk and through remote offers) were estimated to be around 55 per cent, while orders carried out via home banking were about 45 per cent.
Looking at the geographical distribution of the orders received, it is estimated that domestic investors bought almost entirely the amount issued.
