Banks

Long wait ends with super-high profile appointment

◆ Markets plead for regs pause ◆ Barclays' new strategy ◆ Middle East ECM to take it up a gear

Agricole issued early in January, but found the market in better health on its second visit

Deal sets a pricing benchmark for SSA dollar green bonds in 2024

Venkat wants to generate higher returns in investment banking without increasing its capital

◆ Mizuho and Westpac NZ the only FIG issuers in dollars this week ◆ After each raised $1.5bn in dual tranchers, monthly volume pushed to $28bn ◆ Market focus also on Capital One's acquisition of Discover

Second largest book on record for the issuer after a 10 year it priced in March 2021

NWB Bank lands all-time record book

Four senior bankers in total confimed as put at risk in London

French bank is a force in covered and overseas unsecured issuance

HSBC takes a hit on its Chinese bank stake, while banking, capital markets and advisory revenues remained unscathed

Both names drew large oversubscriptions despite bringing similar trades