Barclays

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.

Austria, France and Portugal opt for the same window

◆ Barclays leads reopening of foreign banks' issuance in yen ◆ BFCM unleashes 'rare beast' Kangaroo ◆ Danske stays closer to home in Swedish krona tier two

Santander shows big AT1 deals work best alongside tender offers

◆ 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

Province eyes public dollars after hiatus since 2022

Hire supports BNPP's growing CEEMEA bond franchise

◆ Issuance may be concentrated on Tuesday after a single deal on Monday ◆ Prospects for euro paper brighter than dollars ◆ AT1s in any currency likely to do well in this market

◆ Callable FRN structure is ’positive evolution’ ◆ Longer fixed tranche draws €5.6bn orders ◆ Duration for high quality names still sought

Barclays’ Faruqui will replace Hart at the UK M&A regulator

The bloc's bonds outperformed swaps and France but views still mixed as to the issuer’s true status

Barclays hired UBS banker as M&A chief, shuffles M&A senior staff