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◆ Small premium left for investors ◆ Final yield close to 4% 'inflection point' ◆ Rabo adds to senior green rush
New issue premium was zero, agreed those on and off the deal
This week’s covered bond market was quiet compared to seniors and SSAs, bankers say
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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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Caisse Française de Financement Local (Caffil) issued its third social covered bond on Monday at a slight premium to where its normal deals would have been expected to price. -
The European Central Bank published the findings from its targeted review of internal models on Monday. The exercise, which could, to an extent, frontload the impact of Basel IV, is expected to result in a 12% increase in risk-weighted assets and a 71bp decline in common equity tier one ratios.
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Goldman Sachs has poached Srijith Nair from Barclays to lead its southeast Asia financial institutional group business.
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The Bank of Cyprus was met with plenty of demand as it sold one of the lowest rated financial deals of the year on Friday – a sign of confidence for any other peripheral names looking at the market.
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Slovakian lender Tatra Bank concluded several days of marketing with the sale of its debut green bond on Friday, raising €300m of preferred senior paper, which it will count towards minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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The Covid-19 pandemic caused severe disruption to financial markets in 2020-2021. During this difficult time, the Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions took a number of actions to build resilience and improve the stability of the Canadian financial system. Federally regulated financial institutions were, among other things, permitted the privilege to pledge covered bonds with the central bank, which provided access to long-term repos and benefited from preferential regulatory treatment of loans subject to payment deferrals.
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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
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