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◆ French bank secures 'surprising' demand... ◆... giving the option to go big ahead of national budget ◆ Concessions debated, but higher premium and spreads lure buyers
◆ Best window of the week, lead says ◆ Less concession than other recent deals ◆ Danske "pretty much done" for 2026 funding plan
◆ Deal followed HSBC's €3.75bn three part deal... ◆ ... and paid less NIP, tackling shorter end of curve ◆ Book grew after price revision
◆ First euro funding in almost a decade ◆ Part of early refi of its last euro bond ◆ Rarity makes it a trickier sale during heightened market volatility
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  • FIG
    Sparebank 1 SR-Bank, Norway’s largest savings bank, had the senior market all to itself on Monday, printing a €500m long five year deal. Meanwhile, Macquarie Bank is meeting investors in London for the last day of its senior roadshow. Bankers felt the market environment was supportive for new issuance, but doubted that many borrowers would take advantage.
  • FIG
    Bankers proclaimed renewed investor confidence in the eurozone this week as Banco Espírito Santo (BES) printed the first public senior unsecured deal from a Portuguese bank in more than two and a half years, setting investors’ hearts aflutter with a racy 6% yield, writes Tom Porter.
  • FIG
    Swedbank and Carrefour Banque kicked off what was supposed to be a dull week in senior unsecured with a couple of opportunistic trades.
  • FIG
    Achmea Hypotheekbank saw strong demand for a €500m senior unsecured bond on Wednesday with lead managers saying that the time taken to gather plenty of feedback from investors had paid off.
  • Macquarie Bank closed a $250m loan at the start of this week, increasing the deal over its initial target after getting demand from 14 banks in syndication.
  • FIG
    Banco Espirito Santo’s high-yielding three year surprised many FIG bankers with its order book of €2.7bn, but they were buoyed by the evidence that investors are willing look at that kind of name. The deal’s eye-catching 6% yield was lapped up by the market, prompting hope that the Portuguese champion had opened the market for peers Caixa Geral and Banco Comercial Português.