The Ministry of Economy and Finance announces the placement details of the syndicated issuance of a new benchmark 7-year BTP, due 15th November 2031, and a tap of the 30-year BTP, due 1st October 2054.
The total amount issued has been 13 billion Euros, while the overall demand has been above 200 billion Euros, of which 99 billion Euros for the new 7-year BTP while over 107 billion Euros for the 30-year tap.
More than 300 investors have taken part to the 7-year BTP, while a little less than 400 have taken part to the tap of the 30-year BTP.
Fund managers have subscribed 53.6% of the tap of the 30-year BTP while for the new 7-year BTP they bought 46.9%. Banks have subscribed a share of 30.0% of the 7-year BTP and a share of 26.7% of the 30-year BTP. Investors with a long-term horizon have subscribed a relevant share, equal to 20.4% for the 7-year BTP (out of which 9.6% for pension funds and insurance companies and 10.8% for central banks and official institutions) and 14.9% for the 30-year BTP (out of which 10.7% for pension funds and insurance companies and 4.2% for central banks and official institutions). Hedge funds have been allotted about 3.0% of the 30-year BTP and 2.7% of the 7-year BTP, while a residual share has been subscribed from other investors.
Both transactions have gathered an extraordinarily diversified participation (more than 30 countries for the 7-year BTP and more than 35 countries on the 30-year BTP), with a large interest by foreign investors. Indeed, the latter have been allotted for 81.1% in the 7-year bond and for 80.9% in the 30-year bond issuance, while domestic investors have subscribed, respectively, 18.9% and 19.1%. Among foreign investors, the highest share of the issuance has been subscribed in Europe, in particular from UK (21% on the 7-year BTP and 22.7% on the 30-year BTP), France (respectively 8% and 12.2%), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (respectively 7.4% and 4.6%), Iberian Peninsula (respectively 11.1% and 8.1%), Nordic countries (respectively 7.5% and 9.4%), Benelux (respectively 2.4% and 0.9%) and other European countries (1.5% on the 7-years BTP and 1.8% on the 30 years BTP).
Relevant share has been allotted to north American investors, respectively 8.8% and 16.1% on the 7- and 30-years bonds. Asian investors have subscribed the 9.1% for the 7-years bond and 1.5% for the bond with longer maturity, while the residual share of the two BTPs has been allotted to other non-European investors.
The bond has been placed through a syndicate structured with six lead managers, Deutsche Bank A.G., Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., J.P. Morgan SE, Morgan Stanley Europe SE, Nomura Financial Products Europe GmbH, and with the rest of Specialists in Italian Government bonds participating as co-lead managers.