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The idea of a new European Secured Note (ESN) asset class has struggled to get off the ground, but with a regulatory push and normalising monetary policy, it could at last be set for take off. -
HSBC said on Thursday that it expected to issue close to $60bn of new bonds for the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) over the next few years, having scaled down its previous estimates.
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Société Générale missed consensus for its first quarter earnings on Thursday, following a €963m legal settlement with the Libyan sovereign wealth fund. But the French bank’s results were otherwise robust, with a particularly strong performance in trading fixed income currencies and commodities.
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BNP Paribas reported a big upturn in fixed income revenues in the first quarter of 2017, thanks in part to the terrible quarter that kicked off last year, and to the benign backdrop across almost all markets.
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Barclays’ global banking business saw a strong start to the year, but without the huge percentage increases seen at its peers. It’s the comparison quarter that made the difference — Barclays was stronger in the turbulent first quarter last year than many other investment banks.
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UBS delivered a 24% return on equity in its investment bank for the first quarter — without the aid of the flattering equity attribution model analysts have criticised in the past. The bank revamped equity attribution this year so that corporate centre does less of the heavy lifting, meaning a 26% increase in equity attributed to the investment bank.
