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‘Long-term investors have proven their appetite for EFSF bonds,’ says issuer

Corporate flow picks up with first foreign trade offering attractive yield

The company left plenty of new issue premium on the table

Long seen as adversaries, banks and private credit lenders are getting used to working together

First use of sterling tokenised deposit to buy tokenised Gilt

◆ Italian bank increased benchmark size to €750m ◆ Deal expected to perform in secondary ◆ Covered was one of two issued on Thursday

Fahy will also lead asset-based finance origination

Direct lending default rates tick higher amid notable distressed situations

◆ Opec Fund grabs record book ◆ NIB hits tight pricing ◆ Tight issuers could run into ‘resistance’

◆ Fourth French bank to print senior bond in euros this week ◆ Tenor becomes more popular as deal garners largest book among compatriots ◆ Priced flat to fair value but with pick-up to core Europe

◆ Six year bond trades lower in secondary market ◆ Deal a first for Slovakia, says banker ◆ MPS closes its first covered of 2026

◆ Sfil and LCFB premiums assessed ◆ French political instability not a problem ◆ 'French brothers turn up' for LCFB long 15 year