Banks

◆ 5bp of tightening is the ‘standard’, said banker ◆ NatWest’s covered slightly wider than tightest sterling this year ◆ Fifth covered on a Friday this year

Two senior bankers to leave, new roles for Tayler and Roose

Years of underperformance are behind it and the bank has launched a new growth plan

The possible further internationalisation of the covered bond market will present challenges as well as opportunities

Nine tranches of covered bonds in three days this week suggested supportive conditions ahead

The bank has been added to DNB's list of registered covered bond issuers

◆ French lender opted for no-grow format ◆ Issuer landed tighter euro covered in January ◆ One of the day's three covered deals

◆ Belgian issuer places euro benchmark deal at €500m ◆ One of three covered bonds issued on Wednesday ◆ 'Numbers tell their own story' says banker

◆ Canadian bank tightened spread by 6bp ◆ Euro benchmark deal placed at €1.25bn ◆ Canadian issuers have been busy in past three months

◆ Forth FIG issuer to bring sterling SNP this week ◆ Attractive pricing versus euros ◆ Dutch bank 'the type of credit that helps you sleep at night' says lead

Kangaroo and Panda market grow as banks create US dollar FRNs to meet Asian demand

◆ Week's third FIG sterling deal to take advantage of opportunistic Gilts arb this ◆ Issuer's second sterling deal this year ◆ Follows multi-tranche yen issuance across the capital stack