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◆ Swiss bank lifts nearly €3bn-equivalent ◆ Long euro tranche lures large demand ◆ Both tranches pay visible premium in 'pragmatic' funding approach
◆ Green tier two comes against 'rocky' macro backdrop ◆ Takeover battle throws uncertainty on secondary performance ◆ 'Elevated NIP' paid, rival banker said
◆ UK insurer returns to home currency after two years ◆ Gilt yield surge aids revival in sterling FIG across capital structure ◆ High single digit NIP
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Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
Capital deals and a tight Nordic senior print point to what lies ahead for issuers
The single currency stands out as the most attractive funding source while the US dollar market remains open in size
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Santander and Barclays ended multi-year absences from the Swiss franc market to land a pair of senior deals flat to euros this week as funding diversification trumped arbitrage considerations. -
Crédit Agricole issued a callable Samurai bond this week that will reset to a spread over the local government bond curve, as the yen market transitions away from Libor ahead of its cessation later this year.
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European banks are trying to lock in funding at longer maturities as they consider whether credit spreads have reached a low point. But demand is less certain at the long end of the market, and some investors are pushing for a higher premium to reflect duration risk.
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Euroclear mistakenly credited investors with interest on one of UniCredit’s legacy capital deals this week, shortly after the Italian bank made a controversial decision to skip the coupon. The asset servicer is in the process of reversing its error.
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Aija Zitcere, director in the financial markets policy department of the Latvian Finance Ministry and her colleague, Imants Tiesnieks, a senior expert in the same department, discuss the main features of Latvia’s covered bond law, which was approved by its Parliament on Wednesday.
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Westpac New Zealand attracted a high quality order book for a covered bond issue on Wednesday but it was slow to build and thinly subscribed, leading some to conclude that the market lacked confidence.
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