Europe
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Hibernia, the real estate investment trust in the Republic of Ireland, has raised €125m of US private placement debt to develop new offices. -
Sovereign, surpranational and agency borrowers have endured a rough week in the euro market. Trust in the ECB’s support is flagging and inflation is threatening to return. It’s going to be a bumpy ride and issuers that can steer clear for now would do well to.
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Inflation fears are biting European markets just as investors seem to be losing confidence in the ECB's support of the market. The first bow waves of a European taper tantrum rocked rates this week as primary markets did their best to plough on. The European Union braved the volatility to land a colossal deal, while two covered bond issuers fared worse. Lewis McLellan and Bill Thornhill report.
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Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) harnessed the growing demand for environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) paper in the Swiss market to land a tap 7bp through the bid side this week. Elsewhere, Toyota ended a 12 year absence from the Swiss franc market to sell the currency’s first automobile deal of the year.
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Evidence suggests European lenders are a little too optimistic about the quality of their credit exposures after the pandemic.
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Large European banks shifted their funding focus to the dollar market this week, printing stunning deals as the euro market showed it was more sensitive to signs of tighter monetary policy. Tyler Davies reports.
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Covered bonds issued this week by United Overseas Bank and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark showed that, for the first time this year, sentiment has turned bearish and suggested that more careful consideration of pricing, timing and maturity is now required.
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Wemag, a state-owned electricity firm in Germany, has launched a 10 year Schuldschein through NordLB’s digital platform, Finpair. Wemag follows two Austrian utilities in supplying deals at a longer tenor.
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French care homes company Orpea launched a Schuldschein deal on Thursday as the market begins to regain its international allure. A return to the heady heights of pre-Covid deal flow will be a struggle, but Schuldschein market players are optimistic that the next few months will be strong for issuance.
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The European Commission on Thursday fined Nomura, UBS and UniCredit for their traders' participation in a cartel in the primary and secondary European government bond markets during the financial crisis.
