Europe
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Legal & General and Phoenix Group Holdings have lifted the lid on subordinated bond supply in the sterling market this week, with spreads having drawn tighter despite uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. -
The European Mortgage Federation and European Covered Bond Council has introduced new features to its harmonised transparency template (HTT) and, at the same time, its Covid-19 task force has published the first monitoring report that contains a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of all national and international policy responses.
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A slide in euro and dollar MTN volumes has given Scandinavian banks the chance to propel themselves up the MTN leader board.
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SEB is creating a new sustainable finance unit to broaden its offering across the whole bank, and is building a team including country heads — the first of which is Lars Eibeholm, who will join the bank from the Nordic Investment Bank in the summer.
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Firms can spend vast amounts of time window-dressing their balance sheets to look the best they possibly can within the limits of reporting regulations. Within those limits, everything goes.
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After years of not only falling loan volumes but being trounced in their own back yard, Europe's banks finally seem to have an edge against their US counterparts. With loan pricing gapping out in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but companies desperate for cash, the continent's lenders are proving first port of call for local borrowers, leaving US and Asian banks less active. Silas Brown, Mariam Meskin and Mike Turner report.
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Any concerns over whether the eurozone periphery would have market access after Bund spreads yawned wider during the past week were put to bed by a combined €31bn of borrowing from Italy and Spain. The sovereigns paid what was needed to put impressive dents in their ballooning funding requirements, ahead of a hotly anticipated European Council meeting on Thursday. Lewis McLellan and Tyler Davies report.
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The UK Debt Management Office has announced a borrowing programme that will, in the next four months alone, exceed the country’s largest ever annual total. Gilt yields have stayed steady, thanks to investors’ faith in the Bank of England’s asset purchase facility.
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Triple-B rated fragrance and flavourings company Firmenich sold its debut bond this week, a short end Swissie deal that was the prelude to dual tranche euro trade.
