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Despite the boost in demand, overall unsecured supply still lags behind 2025, with the bulk of recent supply coming in covered bonds
Foreign banks keep Swiss market busy as issuance slows
Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
Late Labor Day this year and mid-September FOMC will constrain September issuance window
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Santander Consumer Finance breezed through the market with a new five year senior bond on Wednesday, as FIG bankers predicted that there would be a pause for breath in the primary market after a frantic few weeks for new issuance. -
Westpac New Zealand was able to steer its first green bond through the market on Tuesday, even as yields plummeted on the back of suggestions that the European Central Bank could be preparing new stimulus measures. The deal was the issuer’s first fixed rate senior bond in euros for over nine years.
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UniCredit made the unusual decision of adding a one year call option to a preferred senior bond on Tuesday, nodding towards the bond’s potential value as total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC). The Italian bank won strong support on a day when dovish central bank comments were fuelling a big rally in the value of risk assets.
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Bankia on Tuesday decided to sell its first senior non-preferred bond after the whole market rallied about 5bp as a result of a speech from Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, on Monday. The issuance attracted a hefty book of €3.7bn, more than seven times its pre-determined size of €500m.
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China Everbright Bank has become the latest Chinese lender to tap the offshore market for floating rate notes (FRN), raising $500m at an aggressive level on Monday.
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Financial institutions piled most of this week's debt supply into a busy Monday session, with BPCE, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse and KBC Group all launching senior deals for the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) at the same time. All four lenders came close to fair value for their offerings.
