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The ratings review finished with both upgrades and downgrades linked to senior bonds now being subordinated to regular deposits
◆ Sentiment improves after ceasefire extended ◆ Handelsbanken nears record tights ◆ Jyske Bank attracts €3.3bn of orders
◆ 48bp over mid-swaps spread for five year SP paper unbeaten since 2020 ◆ Nordic banks first to exit earnings blackouts ◆ New issue premium debated
Bank completes more than half its annual funding before first quarter blackout
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Eurozone banks have ramped up repayments for the second series of Targeted Longer Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO II) this month, but engagement with the latest iteration of the European Central Bank’s cheap funding programme was weaker than expected. -
Certified green bond issuance globally has reached new highs this year, boosted by transactions from some of China’s largest banks. But deal flow from the Mainland still remains focused on the onshore market, with just a small group of borrowers venturing out to international investors.
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Phoenix Group Holdings, the UK life insurer, has stuck a deal to acquire ReAssure, the UK closed book life insurance division of Swiss Re, for £3.2bn in cash and shares.
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Bank issuers led a flurry of dollar bond deals this week, as they dashed to wrap up funding before year end and ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s final meeting of 2019.
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Participants in the financial institutions bond market have displayed calm in the run-up to the UK general election next week. A lingering credit premium for the country’s banks, to cover for risks related to Brexit and the economy, has left investors feeling comfortable about any likely outcome of the vote.
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DNB Bank made the most of a favourable backdrop in the financial institutions bond market this week, selling a short-dated senior bond in sterling after recent prints in euros and dollars.
