Banks
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When António Horta-Osório takes over as chairman of Credit Suisse on May 1, he will be fighting fires on all fronts. While the bank has a relatively strong capital position, boosted by a $2bn fundraising announced on Thursday, shareholders are demanding answers over strategy and controls. Perhaps more ominously, the Swiss regulator Finma has instigated enforcement proceedings, writes David Rothnie. -
Revenues at Credit Suisse’s investment bank are up 80% year-on-year amid a boom in capital markets business, but the fallout from the firm’s dealings with Archegos Capital and Greensill Capital meant that the group reported a net loss of Sfr252m (€476m).
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The Province of Ontario ended an absence of almost four years from the Swiss franc market this week to land a 12 year note at fair value. Elsewhere, Valiant Bank and Pfandbriefbank kept the domestic market ticking over with a handful of covered deals.
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Bank of Cyprus and Nykredit, at opposite ends of the FIG ratings spectrum, issued tier two bonds over the last week and both found strong demand from investors for the extra spread the product offers over senior debt. But with bank capital ratios rising, there seems little appetite among other issuers to follow.
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Europe’s corporate bond market hosted a debut sustainability-linked bond and two multi-part trades this week, despite overall issuance winding down as earnings season gets under way.
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Spanish electrical utility Iberdrola issued sustainability-linked debt this week with a key performance indicator linked to the theme of social equality. This growing trend in the loan market is expected to make the leap to corporate bonds, pushing investors to put more focus on a company’s entire ESG performance, rather than the narrow KPIs of one deal.
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