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The last part of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s capital raising plan could also end up being the hardest, after the Italian lender was constrained this week to raising €300m of tier two at an eye-watering coupon rate of 10.5%. Tyler Davies reports. -
Andrew Hauser, executive director, markets, at the Bank of England, outlined on Wednesday how his institution would slim down its balance sheet when the time came to do so. He said that this would likely involve selling assets rather than simply letting them run off, but explained that the bank would work in collaboration with the debt management office on this.
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BNP Paribas has promoted Christopher Bond to head up its FIG debt capital markets business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Lloyds Bank was able to increase the size of its second dollar bond issued in less than a year, but still paid a minimal new issue concession. It followed Munchener Hypothekenbank (MuHyp) which issued a highly oversubscribed and tightly priced Pfandbrief on Tuesday.
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Leaders of the big US investment banks were cautiously optimistic about upcoming investment banking activity, despite a poor second quarter across their capital markets divisions.
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JP Morgan made an appearance in euros as it came out of earnings blackout this week amid strong market conditions and as the market winds down for the summer. Boosted by the European Central Bank's dovish policy, FIG bankers expect a smooth second half of the year.
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Borrowers across the eurozone periphery will have spied a chance to raise capital after deals from Greece and Italy’s Banco di Desio this week.
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As its profile grows, the Schuldschein market is attracting a healthy supply of new issuers. Increasingly, these come from abroad, but banks are still finding a good number of German companies to woo to the market for the first time, like DIC Asset this week.
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Acciona nabs €155m from green Schuldschein - Places for People seals €150m private placement - Germany’s Badenova sells Schuldschein - Pershing Square nabs $400m in bond private placement - Claranova debuts in euro PP market - Pension Insurance Corp puts £40m into Scottish housing association - Oman's Octal raises $625m for expansion
