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◆ Smaller institutions attract investors' attention with higher yielding capital ◆ Shawbrook issues its first benchmark ◆ LV= returns to bond market after 13 years
US bank eyes one of the tightest US preferred resets as BBVA goes for subordinated, senior combo
Market participants gathering in Stavanger will focus on market growth
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With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
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
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Crédit Agricole Italia became the first Italian bank to issue a green obbligazioni bancarie garantite on Monday and the first in well over a decade to issue an OBG at a single-digit spread over mid-swaps. -
Leeds Building Society is preparing to return to the sterling market this week for its first ever sale of non-preferred senior debt. The new bond will help the issuer refinance a euro deal maturing later this year, while reshaping its balance sheet for the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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Plans for a global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) will be subject to a "small number of revisions" in 2021, according to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), which has completed its first round of feedback on the new framework.
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FIG issuers are taking care to announce deals before opening order books this week, as they try and book their places in the market ahead of a tricky meeting for the European Central Bank on Thursday.
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Goldman Sachs led a bumper week of dollar bond supply this week, as the high-grade market showed its resilience and investors lapped up issuance from a broad array of bank and finance names.
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Intesa Sanpaolo ventured outside of its home market in search of senior paper this week, placing its first sterling deal in almost nine months and its first yen trade since early 2019.
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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
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