Barclays
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Creval, the Italian bank, has kicked off its fully underwritten €699m rights issue, having announced the price range late on Wednesday evening. -
ANZ raised €750m this week from its first bond aligned with the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), marking only the second such deal globally.
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The Autonomous Community of Madrid on Tuesday printed its largest ever sustainable bond — and its biggest bond of any kind in three years — with a trade that was double the size of its SRI debut last year. Bankers away from the trade hailed the “excellent” result, with one saying it was “probably as good a result as the issuer could have hoped for”.
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Barclays has replaced most of its C-suite, hired expensive bankers and traders from top firms, recommitted balance sheet to fixed income trading, and proclaimed its commitment to a still-underpowered investment bank. But the effects of all this are still dwarfed by the UK bank’s approach to litigation.
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The Autonomous Community of Madrid is prepping its second ever sustainable benchmark, after mandating banks on Monday.
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Barclays has hired a new global head of electronic equities from Credit Suisse, following Stephen Dainton into the revamped UK firm, and signalling the importance of electronic execution.
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The US high grade bond market remained open for business through the market sell-off this week, underlining its resilience.
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Rail travel will be the centrepiece of the Belgian government’s green bonds, the framework for which was revealed on Thursday morning at meetings in Brussels.
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Despite heavy volatility in the equity markets, in fixed income, public sector bond issuers had an excellent week. A cool €10bn hit the market in tenors from five to 15 years and from all parts of the spectrum within the asset class. Lewis McLellan reports.
