Banks

One recruit will cover insurance companies, the other UK financial firms

◆ Both legs of dual tranche tightened ◆ Only one covered has landed tighter this year ◆ Banker said both tranches were at fair value

◆ UK lender raises $4.5bn-equivalent in five senior holding company tranches this week ◆ Both deals target long dated funding ◆ Despite secondary widening, euro offering lands with hardly any premium

◆ Insurance companies anchor long dated green tranche with near-4% yield ◆ Curve extension debated ◆ Deal comes amid widening secondary spreads but lands with negligible premium

◆ 52bp reoffer equals Nordea’s multi-year record ◆ ‘Insane’ levels show FIG spread compression, rival banker said ◆ Buy-and-hold investors prioritised

Post-earnings issuance surged with borrowers taking advantage of tight spreads to raise more than $14bn in early February.

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

Market tipped to be a marathon, not a sprint, as Aareal Bank becomes fourth issuer of 2026 and fixed rate tranches take root

Goldman Sachs has taken collaboration to the next level in a quest to dominate private and public capital markets

Absence of larger covered bond issuers provides a window for smaller deals

Here are some of the winners in DCM and syndicate

◆ German bank fixed spread and size at outset ◆ Issuer not 'closely followed in UK' ◆ Niche sterling issuer meant 'no clear reference for FV'