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  • The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) will need to see more evidence that its capital reforms restrict “buffer usability” and have “(pro)cyclical” impacts before it recommends any changes to the framework.
  • Nykredit Realkredit ended a six year absence from the tier two format in euros this week. With conditions for subordinated bond sales looking good despite looming blackouts, bankers feel now is the time for issuers to "go go go."
  • The European Central Bank published the findings from its targeted review of internal models on Monday. The exercise, which could, to an extent, frontload the impact of Basel IV, is expected to result in a 12% increase in risk-weighted assets and a 71bp decline in common equity tier one ratios.
  • The Bank of Cyprus was met with plenty of demand as it sold one of the lowest rated financial deals of the year on Friday – a sign of confidence for any other peripheral names looking at the market.
  • Luzerner Kantonalbank has mandated for its first tier two bond in almost a decade, coming ahead of a subordinated debt redemption later this year.
  • Banks are optimistic that sustainability-linked bonds have a bright future as part of their funding toolkits, after Berlin Hyp became the first financial institution to land a deal in the format this week. More trades are already on the way and market participants are stepping up their efforts to break down the remaining barriers for FIG borrowers.