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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ING succeeds at long end

ING Bank bucked the trend for defensive, short tenor trades on Tuesday, but on Wednesday it followed others in the senior market to price its bond at the wide end of guidance.

January 12, 2011
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ING bucks senior trend with new 10 year

ING Bank is set to buck the short maturity FRN trend in the European senior FIG market with a new 10 year.

January 11, 2011
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ING Bank prices dual tranche Swiss franc issue

ING Bank braved unfavourable senior debt market conditions in the wake of last week's European Commission paper on bank bail-ins, pricing a Sfr200m dual tranche deal on Monday through lead manager Deutsche Bank, but with bankers speculating that it might have achieved greater size in better market conditions.

January 11, 2011
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Investor cautiousness strains ABN’s Swiss venture

ABN Amro launched a Sfr150m five year senior unsecured bond on Tuesday with Credit Suisse and UBS as lead managers. However, investor cautiousness, triggered by worries over eurozone debt woes, is making for tricky conditions. Bankers also noted volatility around the swap rate.

January 11, 2011
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JPM warns on possible multi-notch downgrades for banks

European financial analysts at JPMorgan have warned that European banks could be subjected to multi-notch ratings downgrades as European bail-in regimes get implemented. In a note entitled “the great bank downgrades” and published last Friday, analysts said that bank ratings had traditionally incorporated some implicit or explicit state support but that this was going to change.

January 11, 2011
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Pace of senior issuance picks up as issuers pile into the short end

The pace of issuance in the European senior market has picked up as borrowers try to get funding on board. But the market is already showing signs of strain, with deals pricing at the wide end of guidance.

January 11, 2011