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Kangaroo and Panda market grow as banks create US dollar FRNs to meet Asian demand
◆ Week's third FIG sterling deal to take advantage of opportunistic Gilts arb this ◆ Issuer's second sterling deal this year ◆ Follows multi-tranche yen issuance across the capital stack
◆ Issuer raises large size for the currency ◆ Pricing break through 100bp level ◆ Book stays almost intact despite macro volatility
◆ Spanish lender returns to unsecured issuance after three years ◆ Spanish banks are seizing a favourable funding environment ◆ Concession paid to keep selective investors interested
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The principle of pari-passu among bondholders lays dead and buried. The Bank of Portugal’s decision to select only five of Novo Banco’s 52 senior bonds for bail-in last week has established a new precedent for bank resolutions, and what a fine mess it has created. -
Barclays has offered to buy back up to £7.5bn of senior unsecured notes, and could shortly be in the market with fresh holdco debt as it looks to satisfy regulatory capital requirements.
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Credit Suisse and UBS dominated Dealogic’s European FIG bookrunner rankings for 2015, helped by their issuer parents cranking up their issuance of holdco and capital instruments.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has accepted a request from investors to rule on whether Portugal’s Novo Banco has triggered a government intervention credit event.
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Banks are some of the most prolific issuers of private medium term notes, but their use of the format is developing from pure funding to include capital. As a result, the MTN market could offer a crucial resource for issuers in the face of regulatory pressure. Jonathan Breen reports.
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The Bank of Portugal has made an unexpected decision to transfer five of Novo Banco’s senior bonds to Banco Espirito Santo (BES), raising legal questions about how the notes were selected.
