Europe

Sovereign drums up €55bn of orders for new benchmark despite macro and political worries

Primary activity in the European securitization market is expected to lift off with deal announcements set to surface on Friday for execution next week

Slovenia four and 40 year pair begins CEE new issuance for the year

German agency starts 2022 funding in style, but some question wider market strength

Piraeus Bank has agreed the sale of a €400m non-performing shipping loan portfolio which, together with previous sales announced in December, has led to a strengthening of its capital ratio.

Issuers leaking into market but bankers say real downpour arrives next week

The global head of equity capital markets at Natixis has moved to the bank's advisory business.

European stocks have started the year with optimism following encouraging news about the Omicron variant, which caused volatility at the end of last year

IPO performance may not have matched that of 2020 but it was still up. A large number of Spacs masked how much new US stocks outperformed their EMEA cousins in early trading but in the long run, the old continent provided better IPO peformance

End of Pepp and potential for a President Draghi sends BTP-Bund spread to year wides

UK policymakers not ‘currently minded’ to follow EU treatment change

European syndicates confident yen will return as ECB eases off buying