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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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◆ Deeply subordinated issuance shows resilience ◆ Bank of Ireland completes AT1 funding but tightening brings ◆ Crédit Agricole's insurance arm plans debut RT1
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Renault's car financing arm extends duration at a tighter spread than where it issued similar capital last year
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◆ US FIG issuance at steady pace despite volatility ◆ Range of domestic borrowers hit market, including BNY Mellon with a perp ◆ APAC banks print senior and subordinated debt
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Covered and unsecured issuers await greater stability, despite positive signs in secondary
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SRT among many options for banks to gain better capital treatment of low risk lending
