Banks
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Barclays has made cuts across its debt capital markets business, with staff put at risk including several long serving bankers who have been with the firm for over a decade. -
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) this week sold its largest ever benchmark as it tackled an increased funding programme that will grow further in the next few years. That means the issuer will look to bring big trades again — as well as potentially growing its presence in the privately placed MTN market.
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Some Schuldschein arrangers are expecting that a syndicate’s distribution skills may become more important this year, as conditions across capital markets become difficult.
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The new-look Fox Corp made its dollar bond debut this week as the technical backdrop in the investment grade continued to improve with tightening spreads and thinner new issue concessions.
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Diego De Giorgi has left his post as global head of investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, less than four months after his boss and close ally Christian Meissner was ousted as head of corporate and investment banking (CIB) at the US bank.
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