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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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◆ UK insurer makes rare visit to euros ◆ Signs of growing investor discipline ◆ Groupama tier two was 'good trade' -
◆ Italian bank raises €1bn after a similar euro pair last week ◆ Year-to-date euro AT1 new issuance volume is almost a quarter higher than 2024 ◆ Deal completed with minimal new issue premium
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◆ French insurance company prints inaugural tier two debt for M&A ◆ UK’s Zopa raises sterling AT1 capital to meet growth targets ◆ Oldest German building society expands funding mix
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◆ Views vary on new issue premium ◆ Sterling market revived this week ◆ AT1 flurry extends
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Asset class war breaks out as FIG market complains Reverse Yankees are stealing investors away from their deals
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◆ ING new issue premium ‘made sense’ ◆ CredEm sub-benchmark lures buyers ◆ Slower issuance allows secondary performance
