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Market participants debate 300bp 'soft barrier' for AT1 resets as banks probe ever-improving cost of capital
◆ French bank has had a busy 2026, issuing across currencies and asset classes◆ Cross-currency rates at 'optimal level' for diversification play, lead manager said ◆ Fair value debated
Very few, if any, Gulf issuers are looking at sterling bonds
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Favourable market conditions have made raising debt like 'fishing with dynamite' for bank issuers. But concerns are mounting about volatility ahead
French bank scoops top spot overall, while BNP Paribas leads in senior and Crédit Agricole in capital
Late-week surge shows investors remain hungry for paper despite macro volatility
Classic January new issue volumes as barely there premiums come into vogue but US banks threaten to crowd out Europeans
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◆ A 'ballsy move by a UK name' to reopen euro sub ◆ Orderbook balloons to big size ◆ Banker views on concession vary -
◆ FRN concessions have jumped as much as 30bp ◆ Bankers question if European banks need to pay similar NIPs ◆ Euros could offer 'steadier market' for US banks
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Austrian bank will not call its AT1 with the lowest reset rate but it will redeem another it had been extending since the eruption of the war in Ukraine
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Issuers are not under pressure to rush into a volatile market
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Demand up since 'liberation day' as French firms satisfy bid for quality
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◆ Running a bond business in a crisis ◆ Bank issuers find their way back into the bond market ◆ Can frontier emerging market sovereigns fund themselves?
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