Banks
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Credit Suisse has brought in Mark Uy to lead coverage of investment banking and capital markets in the Philippines, according to a source familiar with the matter. -
Apple and Walt Disney starred in the US corporate bond market this week, as the market roared back from the Labor Day holiday with a huge stack of deals that bankers said had broken the record for a single week in the US corporate and financial institution bond market.
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UBS is revamping its investment bank to put the unit on a more global footing and boost collaboration across divisions, in a move that finally draws a line under the Andrea Orcel era.
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Bank of Ireland was unable to complete the sale of a tier two transaction this week, after the UK Parliament descended in chaos. Bond buyers have by and large taken a pragmatic approach during Brexit negotiations, but market participants said that on this occasion the Irish issuer had “misjudged” how nervous investors were, writes David Freitas.
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Thirty year maturities, normally very rare in the euro corporate bond market, have become remarkably popular since the dive in base rates earlier in the summer. In the past 10 days, four multi-tranche deals have been printed that included 30 years, as issuers rushed to take advantage of the exceptional conditions before the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting on September 12.
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Holders of the defaulted EA Partners bonds claim that Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi gave them implicit guarantees for the notes, which were issued to fund other troubled airlines. The bondholders, backed by restructuring advisers and corporate sleuths, are buckling up for a battle for their money. Karoliina Liimatainen reports.
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Credit Suisse and SpareBank 1 priced deals in senior format this week, choosing longer maturities to avoid entering negative yield territory. SpareBank 1’s €500m green bond attracted demand of €700m but leads were not able to tighten pricing to the tight end of their price guidance.
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The arrival of star Credit Suisse banker Iqbal Khan gives UBS’s chief executive Sergio Ermotti the chance to achieve his ambition of reaching a decade at the helm of the bank while securing a smooth transition, writes David Rothnie. Meanwhile, UBS’s restructuring, announced on Thursday, marks a focus on intragroup collaboration.
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