Atanas Dinov

FIG

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Whatever floats your boat: FRNs prove usefulness as FIG funding tool

Demand buoyed by money market fund inflows as investors 'park cash'

Sarah Ainsworth, May 08, 2025

Senior Debt

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Clamour for FIG duration: unsatiated market is ready for more

There still is demand from investors after this week's senior salvo but issuers need to pay the steeper curves if they want to play

Atanas Dinov, May 08, 2025

Senior Debt

Barclays prefers FRN to long note for €2.5bn senior deal

◆ Issuer changes pattern of Tuesday's dual tranche deals ◆ Cheaper relative funding cost at front end prompts FRN ◆ Bank's first senior euro foray of 2025

Atanas Dinov, May 07, 2025

Senior Debt

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FIG market goes into senior overdrive as it plays post-tariffs 'catch-up'

◆ HSBC, NatWest, Société Générale print similar dual tranche senior deals ◆ 'No canibalisation' despite €8bn concentrated supply ◆ Bid for duration on all deals

Atanas Dinov, May 06, 2025

GlobalCapital Podcast

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Sustainability-linked finance's next big test

◆ SLBs miss targets with hundreds more up for review ◆ US issuers make hay in European sunshine ◆ Banks probe longer dated debt issuance

Ralph Sinclair, May 02, 2025

Covered Bond Analysis

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FIG issuers embrace the return of duration to funding mix

Favourable factors support long dated issuance in both senior and covered bonds despite the divergent fates of issuers in the two markets

Atanas Dinov, May 01, 2025