Banks

Head of funding talks to GlobalCapital after breaking a decade long absence from capital issuance ◆ Issuer looks at covered and senior deals next ◆ New tier two deal has been among strongest recent FIG performers

Deal is the first of its kind in Swiss francs and the latest milestone under the Swiss digital pilot project

◆ BPCE and Handelsbanken print first Yankee bonds of the year ◆ Citi increases perpetual size after $4.6bn book ◆ Flurry of activity from US insurers

‘All stars aligned’ for the sovereign to serve up third deal of 2024

New bond was issued at undersupplied part of the euro curve

Rare Italian issuer attracts strong interest from private banks, while Crédit Agricole scores a hat trick

◆ Austrian lender more than fives times subscribed as swathe of deals priced... ◆ ... from tight Nordic names... ◆ ... to Italy’s ‘different animal’

◆ Books show high demand for major banks' debt capital ◆ DNB saves with annual coupon pricing ◆ Barclays takes out €1.5bn at 5bp-10bp NIP

The European timezone is crucial for ambitious investment banks, but presents unique problems. How to cover it efficiently is causing internal tension, especially for US banks.

The largest order came from an account new to the name

German lender has not publicly issued Australian dollar debt since 2019

Austria, France and Portugal opt for the same window