Europe

◆ Final book tops $6bn ◆ Higher beta paper 'clearly in demand,' syndicate banker said ◆ NIP debated

◆ Demand sticky despite tight pricing ◆ Trade performing in secondary ◆ Tight senior/sub spread spotted

◆ Sovereign continues to break record after record ◆ New deal was 'a blowout by every definition' ◆ Second wave of EGBs underway, Belgium next

◆ German city state brings rare 20 year ◆ Pricing was tighter than peers' secondary ◆ Andalucía joins Basque from Spain

'Hard to classify' Italian corporate trade being marketed to FIG and SSA accounts

◆ ESM set for first syndication of 2026 ◆ EIB drawn to popular 10 year dollar demand ◆ KfW taps sterling market

New mandate follows S&P outlook upgrade last Friday

Carmaker prints biggest corporate deal in the currency so far this year

Books were nearly three times the issue size

Pharmaceuticals and energy transition also ripe sectors for M&A

Investors and bankers consider prospects for UK country's first bond issue

◆ Higher rated Austrian lender offers more spread for similar senior preferred bond ◆ Big demand pushes deal inside fair value ◆ BCP still prints its tightest unsecured debt for more than five years