US market remains the model as template issuance takes shape

◆ AFT's Antoine Deruennes says 'clear message' showed demand for 30 year ◆ Speedy execution before US employment data ◆ Green OAT syndication next

◆ Refi deal came as issuer prepares IPO ◆ Deal extends the insurer's tier two curve by 10 years ◆ 'Strong bid' for Iberian FIG credit, says rival banker

◆ Portuguese utility firm powers up EuGB curve ◆ Sub-benchmark trade's book proves sticky ◆ Deal lands through fair value

◆ €500m 4NC3 EuGB deal priced inside fair value ◆ Greenium helps tighten spreads amid strong demand ◆ Landmark trade cements bank's ESG leadership, says treasurer

◆ Austrian lender completes its tightest unsecured debt since the start of war in Ukraine… ◆ …as BPM achieves its lowest ever senior spread ◆ High attrition function of premium and outright spread

When loans' LTVs hit 80%, Bitcoin stakes are liquidated in seconds

London continues to benefit from metal price volatility

Latest issue rides on coattails of big tech investment spree

Deal is backed by three data centers in Virginia, Illinois and Atlanta

Only one of Canada's big five banks has yet to publicly support new defence bank initiative

Hyperscaler earnings could become a crucial date for issuance funding calendars

Momentum is growing for the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic to have a strong green thrust, as the UK’s mini-Budget and comments by European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde made clear this week. Capital market participants are enthusiastic about the prospect and expect it to further green the markets — but how far the drive goes will ultimately depend on politics, write Mike Turner, Jon Hay and Jasper Cox.

A European Union recovery fund proposal is expected to be presented to a summit of European leaders on July 17-18. Its size is to remain unchanged from a proposed €500bn of grants and €250bn of loans, but the EU budget is likely to be slimmed down, according to sources.

Equity investors are turning their focus away from rescue capital raises and towards other long-term priorities after the initial shock of the Covid-19 outbreak. At the beginning of the year, increased investor scrutiny of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors was on the tip of all tongues in Europe’s equity capital markets, and it is now featuring heavily in conversations again.

The World Bank has abandoned its plans for a follow-up to its pandemic bond. That is a pity. Although its attempt wasn’t perfect, the format is a valuable concept and shouldn’t be abandoned because of one flawed deal.

Each week, Keeping Tabs brings you the very best of what we in the GlobalCapital newsroom have found most useful, interesting and informative from around the web. This week: supervising financial reporting, a discordant health and financial picture in emerging markets, and managing climate risk.

It can hardly be said that the process of releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of government conservatorship has been rushed. The painstaking process has taken place over the course more than a decade and has consumed the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) through two presidential administrations. And yet, FHFA capital requirements proposals published this week for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) may not go far enough to ensure their safety and soundness.

No one wins playing the blame game

Craig Coben examines whether it is true that no good deed goes unpunished

Investors and bankers grapple with 24% fall in Bitcoin since deal was rated

Eight banks provided loan facility to company

Vaccine bond programme to issue $1.5bn this year but needs new pledges

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