The pitch is working. Money managers from the U.K., Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania snapped up 43 percent of the eurobonds that the Commission put up for auction since the start of 2026, according to data seen by POLITICO.
That’s an increase of 8 percentage points from the average of the last six years, putting the EU’s budget commissioner, Piotr Serafin, in a favorable position ahead of his road show in mid-April to sell eurobonds to investors based in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The Commission issued €52 billion in bonds since the start of 2026, up from €44 billion in the same period in 2025.
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