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Non-US banks continue dollar funding ahead of congested post-Labor Day market
◆ Swiss bank lifts nearly €3bn-equivalent ◆ Long euro tranche lures large demand ◆ Both tranches pay visible premium in 'pragmatic' funding approach
◆ Austrian bank's biggest book for a senior bond in many years ◆ Higher spread than peers, longer marketing helps ◆ Scarcity of Austrian non-preferred debt
Like many senior sukuk from the Gulf, local investors will drive demand
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UBS plundered the short end of the curve this week with a $5bn trade from its operating company, pushing the levels of bank and financial issuance further beyond recently set records. -
Investor appetite for yield and renewed confidence in the Nigerian financial sector helped United Bank for Africa (UBA) size an inaugural dollar bond at the top end of the target range on Thursday.
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Strong demand for floating rate paper helped BNP Paribas take home a longer dated than usual non-preferred note this week, while Royal Bank of Scotland’s rare operating company FRN had a similarly warm welcome.
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Soon, banks will have more TLAC and MREL than equity. The new bond classes are a immensely important part of the financial structure of a bank, but the risks to investors aren’t yet clear. Just how will this alien new instrument class behave — or misbehave?
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Investors put more than €2.25bn of orders into a rare operating company level senior bond from Royal Bank of Scotland on Thursday, as floating rate bonds appear as a "more attractive option" for an increasing numbers of issuers, according to bankers.
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Bank of Nova Scotia picked up £250m of senior funding at an attractive spread versus its euro levels on Thursday, but demand for the notes may have been stunted after Moody’s slashed the ratings on several Canadian banks in mid-May, including Scotia.
