Latest Senior Debt news
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BBVA: green T2 feasible, AT1 ‘may be difficult’
BBVA told GlobalCapital it saw room for social bonds, and a mixed social and green bond, as well as more established green offerings as it revealed its new issuance framework this week. While it expects the senior non-preferred format is most likely to be used, it sees tier two as possible as well.
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Banks jump at short end feeding frenzy
A resurgence in demand for short end paper lured a succession of financial institutions to the dollar market with bank level trades this week.
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Santander UK turns to sterling after results
Santander's UK subsidiary became the latest financial institution from the country to market bonds in sterling on Thursday. The final spread was barely moved from initial thoughts.
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EU insolvency laws are ‘major obstacle’ to Banking Union, says SRB
The Single Resolution Board published a statement on Thursday in which it called on EU legislators to support its work in dealing with failing banks by harmonising the region’s various insolvency laws.
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Swedish capital ratios to suffer from mortgage rule change
Swedbank announced in its results on Tuesday that a proposal to change the regulatory treatment of Swedish mortgages would lower its common equity tier one (CET1) ratio. The rule change will also take Swedish banks’ additional tier one (AT1) bonds closer to their trigger levels.
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Sør goes ‘good and tight’ for debut senior
Sparebanken Sør was able to get a ‘good and tight’ print on its first outing in the euro market for senior unsecured debt on Monday.
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MCC, BOC Aviation get thumbs-up from investors
Metallurgical Corporation of China and BOC Aviation found strong investor support for their bonds on Monday, with the former bagging Asia’s first senior perpetual bond in more than a month and the latter walking away with an over six times covered transaction.
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Slowdown expected as Sør lines up defensive FRN
Sparebanken Sør is expected to open books on a three year FRN on Tuesday, ahead of what could be a quieter period for the FIG primary market in the next two weeks.
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PNB makes rare visit to dollar bonds
Philippine National Bank, a rare credit in the offshore bond market, raised $300m from a new transaction on Thursday. But despite the novelty value of its deal, investors still demanded a new issue premium.
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Italian duo find success despite uncertain backdrop
Banco BPM and Banca IFIS found success in the senior unsecured market this week, despite an uncertain political backdrop in Italy after parties prolonged talks to form a new government.


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Latest news by market and league table performance
Bookrunners of Global Covered Bonds
Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $m | No of issues | Share % |
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1 | Natixis | 6,366.81 | 27 | 5.60% |
2 | Credit Suisse | 6,294.71 | 32 | 5.54% |
3 | UniCredit | 6,112.88 | 36 | 5.38% |
4 | HSBC | 5,866.45 | 33 | 5.16% |
5 | LBBW | 5,373.19 | 30 | 4.72% |
Bookrunners of Global FIG
Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $m | No of issues | Share % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | 39,079.96 | 117 | 7.06% |
2 | JPMorgan | 36,305.96 | 133 | 6.56% |
3 | Citi | 35,381.73 | 166 | 6.39% |
4 | Goldman Sachs | 34,077.64 | 203 | 6.15% |
5 | Morgan Stanley | 31,276.81 | 144 | 5.65% |
Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated FIG
Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $m | No of issues | Share % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JPMorgan | 31,329.74 | 93 | 11.21% |
2 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | 30,566.41 | 94 | 10.93% |
3 | Citi | 28,565.76 | 128 | 10.22% |
4 | Goldman Sachs | 26,794.71 | 174 | 9.59% |
5 | Morgan Stanley | 25,834.05 | 111 | 9.24% |
Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Covered Bond Above €500m
Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $m | No of issues | Share % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Natixis | 5,582.45 | 20 | 8.97% |
2 | Deutsche Bank | 4,163.44 | 13 | 6.69% |
3 | UniCredit | 3,902.49 | 16 | 6.27% |
4 | LBBW | 3,521.48 | 15 | 5.66% |
5 | SG Corporate & Investment Banking | 3,368.88 | 14 | 5.42% |
Global FIG Revenue
Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $m | No of issues | Share % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morgan Stanley | 365.83 | 497 | 7.62% |
2 | JPMorgan | 332.66 | 618 | 6.92% |
3 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | 299.89 | 590 | 6.24% |
4 | Goldman Sachs | 276.71 | 375 | 5.76% |
5 | Citi | 264.54 | 592 | 5.51% |
Bookrunners of European Subordinated FIG
Rank | Lead Manager | Amount €m | No of issues | Share % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | HSBC | 4,538.06 | 9 | 13.44% |
2 | UBS | 3,374.07 | 13 | 9.99% |
3 | BNP Paribas | 2,596.35 | 10 | 7.69% |
4 | Credit Agricole CIB | 2,458.47 | 6 | 7.28% |
5 | SG Corporate & Investment Banking | 2,055.39 | 8 | 6.09% |