Banks

◆ Barclays pushes 'very impressive' AT1 flat to fair value after becoming net negative AT1 issuer ◆ Pension Insurance Corp follows euro peers with tier two ◆ 'Horribly undersupplied' investors pile in orders

Scott Kirkby joins from Bupa after stints at NatWest and Credit Suisse

Loan and bond distribution merged, new financial and advisory sectors

Deal will be secured against a pool of Singaporean residential mortgages

◆ Lloyds draws peak book of €5.1bn ◆ BayernLB launches green deal and pays 5-10bp premium ◆ SR-Bank senior preferred

German SSA supply set to continue in holiday-filled week

Blockchain bonds are usually sold to just one or two investors in the primary market

◆ Deal sizes demonstrate investors’ ample appetite for FIG subordination ◆ ING tier two clears at FV while riskier Santander and Erste AT1s come with ‘strategic’ premium ◆ Both euro AT1 issuers launch simultaneous tenders ahead of AT1 calls

Former UBS banker Jeff Mortara joins in New York

New hire will cover German and Nordic banks from Frankfurt

Question at AGM reflects concern about whether banks’ green finance claims are ‘misleading’

Sustainability-linked bonds lose appeal... ◆ ... as do the loan versions, come to think of it ◆ The favourites to take over from Quinn at HSBC