Covered Bond Opinion

Defining clients as European, US or Japanese does them a 'disservice', says US head of advisory and capital markets. 'At the end of the day, there are SMBC clients.'

FIG be nimble, FIG be quick, FIG use MTNs while the windows don’t stick

Deteriorating issuance conditions could make a tough MREL buildout even tougher for straggling Greek banks

Now is the time to embrace funding flexibility by considering different execution strategies and pricing techniques

It is time to scrap 'direct financing' exclusions

With capital markets set to turn rougher, borrowers have been compelled to issue their toughest trades first

Big bids can useful, but there’s a way to cut the fluff

CA CIB’s drive to reduce emissions begins with slimming oil exposure

In October La Banque Postale became the first bank to announce it was exiting fossil fuels altogether, and the first to have a validated Science-Based Target for decarbonising its portfolio. Philippe Heim, the bank’s CEO, talked to GlobalCapital about what this path will involve, and LBP’s wider drive to create ‘impact banking’.

Outlooks have been challenged by a white swan event