Europe
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Senior market participants welcomed the announcement of the UK Infrastructure Bank’s creation in this week’s Budget speech. While it is unlikely to tap capital markets in the near future, bankers hope the bank will evolve into a major government agency borrower that prints socially responsible bonds to help in the UK’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. -
Italy made its long-awaited green bond debut this week, and set new records for the biggest and longest sovereign green bond.
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The UK will make its green bond debut in the summer before following up with a second deal later in the year, the country's Debt Management Office said on Wednesday as it announced its borrowing remit for its 2021/2022 fiscal year.
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The US this week confirmed it would follow the EU and sanction certain Russian individuals in connection with the poisoning of prominent opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The announcements did not move markets, and are a far cry from the worst-case scenario some had feared.
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Europe’s equity bankers are looking nervously across the Atlantic at a prolonged sell-off in US stocks that began when fears of impending inflation caused investors to dump tech stocks. The contagion has spread to the European markets, with investor fear starting to show in recent block trades, writes Sam Kerr.
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Banco de Sabadell was met with good demand this week for the first euro additional tier one benchmark of 2021, as investors welcomed the rare opportunity to pick up subordinated bank debt in the primary market.
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LondonMetric, the UK real estate investment trust, is marketing a private placement deal, according to market sources.
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Swedish Export Credit Corporation on Thursday became sold the third three year dollar deal by a public sector borrower in as many days, showing ample demand for the short end of the dollar curve.
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Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) is set to issue its first Pfandbrief sometime next week, after mandating leads for a roadshow.
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Alpha Bank priced a new tier two in line with its initial marketing range on Thursday, after failing to build up much momentum through the order book.
