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◆ Swedish bank tightened spread by 28bp ◆ LF Bank opted for the €500m no-grow format ◆ Bonds offered 2bp of new issue premium, an expert said
◆ Greek bank tightened spread by 25bp ◆ One of two green bonds sold on Tuesday ◆ Green label creates 'stickier' order book, says banker
Observers wanted 30% of allocations to go overseas, but ENBD fell a little short
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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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Deutsche Bank launched its first euro additional tier one (AT1) in about seven years this week, taking advantage of an impressive first quarter performance to raise €1.25bn of capital from €6bn of demand. -
DNB Boligkreditt issued a €1bn seven year covered bond at flat to fair value with strong demand on Wednesday, providing encouragement for Sparebank 1 Boligkreddit (Spabol) which mandated leads for a follow-on 10 year Norwegian covered bond.
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Nationwide Building Society made a small piece of history in the covered bond market last week. The UK building society printed the first covered deal in euros from a UK bank since Brexit. It was also the issuer's first 20 year and the first covered bond in that maturity from anywhere outside the eurozone. Senior funding manager, Krishan Hirani, spoke to GlobalCapital about the genesis of the deal.
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Shinhan Financial Group sold a Basel III-compliant additional tier one bond with a sustainability label this week, funnelling some of the proceeds from the $500m trade to Covid-19 relief efforts.
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Banco General’s additional tier one debut on Tuesday came with a slimmer spread to its senior curve than similar instruments from Latin American banks, said bankers, as the Panamanian lender printed $400m of perpetual non-call 10 subordinated notes.
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The Pfandbrief market is in the middle of a tumultuous year which includes not only the adoption of the EU's Covered Bond Directive but also digesting the bloc's Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities. Of course, this is all happening against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, which have hit the commercial real estate market that underpins much of the product. Jens Tolckmitt, chief executive of the Association of German Pfandbriefbanks (vdp), spoke to GlobalCapital about how the market has coped.
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