The Ministry of Economy and Finance announces the placement details of the third issuance of the BTP Valore, the family of government bonds targeted exclusively to individual investors.
The amount issued has been equal to 18,316.424 million Euros for an overall number of contracts equal to 656,369, with an average size of 27,906 Euros. This is the highest result ever recorded in terms of amount subscribed, but also in terms of contracts concluded in a single issuance of government bonds dedicated to retail investors, to whom the BTP Valore is exclusively dedicated. Below, the trend in demand during the placement period from the 26th of February to the 1st of March.
Number of contracts | Total turnover demanded (€) | Total turnover allotted (€) | |
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1° day | 210,825 | 6,441,342,000 | 6,441,342,000 |
2° day | 165,636 | 4,611,410,000 | 4,611,410,000 |
3° day | 131,708 | 3,603,363,000 | 3,603,363,000 |
4° day | 92,009 | 2,288,615,000 | 2,288,615,000 |
5° day | 56,191 | 1,371,694,000 | 1,371,694,000 |
During the placement period, out of 656,369 contracts concluded on the MOT (the Borsa Italiana’s screen-based market for securities and government bonds) around 67 per cent of them had a size of less than 20,000 Euros, while considering contracts up to 50,000 Euros, they were around 91 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 74 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.