Senior Debt

◆ Stability leads to third day of FIG sterling issuance ◆ Rabo prints its first tier two four years ◆ BBVA completes first sterling senior bond since 2020

Atanas Dinov, September 23, 2026

Senior Debt

BBVA and Bawag print senior green bonds amid stable but selective market

◆ Receptive but crowded FIG market requires concessions for funding to clear ◆ BBVA goes big with its first SP in more than two years ◆ Bawag issues first bond after PTSB acquisition

Atanas Dinov, September 22, 2026

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Dark clouds surround The Eiffel Tower as seen from Rue Soufflot , a street lined with impressive apartment buildings ,Paris ,France

French banks grab opportunistic funding across the capital stack as OATs deteriorate

Bank issuance ranges from strategic tier one capital to insurance subsidiary funding externalisation and big senior bond offerings

Atanas Dinov, September 22, 2026

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Building of AIB (Allied Irish Bank) branch in Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland

AIB achieves 'amazing spread' on green senior offering

◆ Issuer's joint-tightest spread since 2020 ◆ Constructive backdrop helped execution, says lead ◆ Busy primary market expected on Tuesday

Flynn Nicholls, September 21, 2026

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Senior should be bail-inable from 2019, says ICB

All unsecured debt with a duration of more than 12 months should be subject to bail-in regimes from 2019 onwards, said the UK’s Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) in its Vickers report, published on Monday morning.

September 12, 2011
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Scarcity ensures Swedish success for Sampo

The Swedish krona market underscored its haven attractions for borrowers and investors this week with a jumbo deal for a name absent for two years. Bankers saw the Skr4bn ($623m) two year FRN from Finland’s Sampo as an invitation to other credits.

September 09, 2011
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Issuers shun buying opportunities in senior unsecured

Borrowers, rather than buyers, are holding back the senior unsecured FIG market, said bankers this week. Although some stability returned to the cash market, CDS was volatile throughout the week, and levels are prohibitively high for well funded borrowers that can find liquidity in other markets, explained market participants.

September 09, 2011
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Syndicate bankers beg buyers to see value in senior FIG debt

FIG Syndicate bankers called upon investors to see the value in secondary senior unsecured markets on Thursday. As indices came off recent wides, market participants generally remained bearish about the prospect of primary issuance, but said reticent issuers, rather than unwilling investors, were keeping the market shut.

September 08, 2011
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Man Group to buy back euro, dollar bonds

Man Group, the UK hedge fund manager, announced a tender offer today for its €600m 2015 and $250m 2013 bonds.

September 07, 2011
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No respite for senior FIG — but no rush either, say bankers

Well-funded banks have little to fear from the barren conditions of the senior unsecured market, said syndicate officials on Wednesday, after another 24 hours of wild swings in CDS indices and selling in the cash market put a dampener on sentiment.

September 07, 2011