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Despite uncertainty in the Middle East peace process, market participants are seeing risk appetite from FIG investors
In an age of abundant information and opinion, where much of it is wrong, smart investment bankers can still be valuable to clients by embracing the complexity
Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
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Deal reviews
◆ Bank prints first Belgian covered in over six months ◆ Issuer caps order size at €750m from start ◆ Covereds this week offering more new issue concession
◆ €1.5bn covered is ING's first of 2026 ◆ 5bp of concession ◆ 'Sweet spot' tenor
◆ Issuer tightens spread by 4bp ◆ Stronger opening on Wednesday paved way for covered ◆ Deal offered some new issue premium
◆ Bond the first EuGB covered ◆ Danish issuer tightens spread by 5bp ◆ Issue offers next to no concession
Opinion
The preference for a diverse group of lead managers and the convention of reciprocity keep covered bond bookrunning competitive despite concentration so far this year
Rate increases could be closer than you think
Equalising risk weightings of covered bonds and resilient STS securitizations at 5% is sound
Bank's head of DCM and syndicate chief talk bond market expansion plans
Analysis
European and other regulators are working on reforms to make covered bond funding more efficient
Changes to ECB collateral eligibility requirement could lead to more blockchain-based covered bonds, Moody's suggests
All three 2026 dollar covered bonds issued in past fortnight as issuers adapt to market conditions
Swiss franc covered bond from Kiwibank the only deal on Thursday after a patchy week
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Liberbank plans to issue its first covered bond, Danske Bank in Finland is set to issue its first deal in three years and UniCredit Austria has announced a roadshow hot on the heels of a Pfandbrief issued by the German subsidiary. -
HSBC Canada has mandated joint leads for its first covered bond and held investor meetings on Tuesday. The moves comes after a succession of successful dollar benchmarks from European and Canadian borrowers.
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A Deutsche Pfandbriefbank three year Reg S dollar benchmark may have been meagrely oversubscribed on Tuesday but, at $600m, it was just large enough to make it over the size threshold required to meet the top liquidity coverage ratio category — to the benefit of certain investors.
