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◆ 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
Deal raises questions about whether transaction was done at arm's length
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Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
Tweaks to trading book rules will be next stage of competition
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American insurer Equitable is set to sell its first funding agreement-backed (FAB) note in euros, almost one year after it launched its FAB programme. -
Eika Boligkreditt has mandated joint leads for a 10 year and its first green covered bond under its newly established green framework. At the same time, Bank of New Zealand plans a seven year benchmark and Finland's Oma Savings Bank intends to tap its outstanding six year deal.
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Leaving investment banking to join the world of impact investing and environmental NGOs is not something people do lightly. But having made that move a decade ago, Keith Tuffley has been tempted back, to help shape the response of Citigroup’s investment bank to the accelerating rise of sustainability.
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Biodiversity — long overshadowed by climate change as the financial world has started to get to grips with environmental issues — has leapt up the agenda with the launch on Friday of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.
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Industrial Bank has sold a dual-currency deal through its Hong Kong branch, becoming the first Chinese lender to print an offshore ‘carbon neutrality bond’. It relied heavily on support from a 42-member syndicate team, as well as its relative rarity in the international debt market, to nab around $922m.
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Financial institutions returned to the dollar in their droves after the memorial Day holiday, with 12 borrowers cramming more than $15bn of issuance into three days this week.
Polls and awards
The covered bond market gathered in Seville to celebrate its standout deals, institutions and individuals
Last chance to vote for the best winning deals, individuals and organisations in the covered bond market
The leading banks, issuers, individuals and other market players were named at GlobalCapital's flagship industry dinner in London
The winning deals and organisations will be revealed at our gala dinner in Seville on September 18
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