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The European FIG market rode through 2025 on high demand for credit, providing bank issuers, large and small, with extremely advantageous funding conditions. Although investors have also benefitted from strong secondary market performance, as Atanas Dinov reports, that equilibrium may change in 2026, with anticipation mounting that spreads will widen
With a relentless flow of cash into credit markets this year, almost every borrower could be said to have done well. But some issuers stood out for their ability to establish new footholds in certain markets that have since paved the way for peers
The Australian dollar bond market’s growth has propelled it to be the third most important funding currency for some international bond issuers. Its ability to offer investor diversification and arbitrage funding is attracting an increasing number of issuers from spread-conscious SSAs to banks and companies seeking strategic capital, write Sarah Ainsworth and Atanas Dinov
EU politicians talk enthusiastically about making the bloc more competitive, but so far, its capital markets have struggled to match the efficiency of the US. Whether it can meet the booming demand for data centres will be a defining test of its ambitions, write George Smith, Chadwick Van Estrop and Thomas Hopkins
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GlobalCapital speaks to the company's management following its largest acquisition that spurred a rights issue and a debut RT1
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French banking groups seen as most likely candidates to step up capital issuance from their insurance arms
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◆ Deal follows $3bn issue in February ◆ Swiss regulators may demand much more capital ◆ Similar structure to last deal
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◆ Lack of competing issuance and high yield alternatives lure buyers ◆ £150m deal more than nine times subscribed ◆ 'Punchy' spread differential between Chesnara's outstanding tier two and new RT1
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◆ UK insurer to add debt capital after equity ◆ Deal to finance HSBC acquisition ◆ Credit markets are receptive for subordinated debt
