LBBW top stories

• EFSF EUR3bn 0% Jul 23

  • 10 Oct 2019

• Flickers of secondaries appear in Schuldschein market

  The Schuldschein market has for many centuries attracted buy-and-hold investors, but this may change as some arranging banks are offering lenders opportunities to buy sections of their own Schuldschein positions. But many fear that the whiff of secondary markets will see regulators reclassify the instrument as a security, instead of a loan.

  • 10 Oct 2019

• EFSF and MuniFin attract solid demand in euro short end

  The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and Municipality Finance drew plenty of interest in the short end of the euro curve on Thursday, with one of EFSF’s leads calling the three-year tenor the “perfect storm”.

  • 10 Oct 2019

• EFSF chooses threes as Ireland looks for green tap

  The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is preparing its first benchmark of the fourth quarter and Ireland has picked the banks to lead the first tap of its sovereign green bond.

  • 09 Oct 2019

• JPM and LBBW execute first electronic €STR swap

  LBBW and JP Morgan have claimed first execution of an electronically negotiated euro short-term rate (€STR) swap transaction, on Bloomberg’s UK multilateral trading facility (BMTF).

  • 08 Oct 2019

• LBBW solidifies its position as top Schuldschein house in bustling market

  Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has long held the crown as the top Schuldschein arranger, but even as the market internationalises the Stuttgart-based bank has retained its ability to cope with deal flow, as well as push the market beyond its usual borders.

  • 02 Oct 2019

• ZF Friedrichshafen closes mammoth Schuldschein, decision on size imminent

  German car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen has closed its Schuldschein on Friday, and is about to decide how big to make the deal. ZF's €2.2bn issue in November 2014 is the biggest deal the market has ever seen — but several sources believe this transaction may be bigger.

  • 27 Sep 2019

• Social bonds find favour in FIG as CM Arkéa debuts in euros

  Crédit Mutuel Arkéa has become the third European bank in 10 days to sell its first social bond, weighing into an under-serviced part of the market for socially responsible investors.

  • 26 Sep 2019

• IsDB and Samba extend slew of Middle East issuance

  Islamic Development Bank on Wednesday priced a five year sukuk bond, coming to market alongside Samba, a Saudi Arabia based bank. The deals are the latest in a flood of Middle East issuance that has raised $13.35bn this week alone.

  • 25 Sep 2019

• ECB breathes life into FIG as investors prepare for infinite QE

  Investors bid a warm welcome to a heap of new bonds from financial institutions this week, spurred on by the knowledge that the European Central Bank would soon be back as one of the biggest buyers in the market. Bill Thornhill and Tyler Davies report.

  • 19 Sep 2019