Barclays
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Barclays has hired seasoned investment banker and KfW board member Ingrid Hengster as its new country CEO for Germany and global chairman of investment banking. -
Metropolitan Housing Trust, the UK housing association, had a tough day in the sterling bond market on Wednesday, with a debut sustainable bond that limped over the line despite two days of marketing.
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Barclays has elevated Jean Francois (JF) Astier and John Miller to co-heads of investment banking as part of a raft of promotions in New York that also include the appointments of Kristin Roth DeClark and Taylor Wright as global co-heads of capital markets.
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Barclays has promoted from within to fill the role of head of investment banking for continental Europe that has been vacant since Carlo Calabria left earlier this year to concentrate on a special purpose acquisition company.
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The European Commission rounded off its pre-summer funding with a dual tranche outing this week. Despite the huge size raised, the execution was remarkably smooth, as is becoming a signature for the EU. But while the EU’s credentials as one of the top SSA issuers are beyond doubt, questions remain as to whether it is a supranational, or a quasi-sovereign issuer of eurozone safe assets.
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CPPIB Capital, the issuing entity for Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, launched its first ever syndicated bond linked to the secured overnight financing rate on Tuesday, impressing onlookers with its size.
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Charlotte Weir is leaving Barclays after more than 20 years with the firm, most recently as head of corporate debt capital markets in EMEA, for a job at another bank in London.
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Metropolitan Housing Trust, a UK housing association, has mandated for a sterling bond, amid rising concerns among bankers and investors in the UK on the almost complete easing of coronavirus pandemic social restrictions in England from Monday.
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A pair of SSA borrowers are set to squeeze a pair of benchmarks in on Tuesday just before the summer holidays period commences in earnest.
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New Development Bank plans to issue more thematic ESG-labelled bonds going forward, as part of its new five year strategy, as well as expanding its operations to new countries and mobilising more private sector involvement.
