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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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Norway’s Sparebank 1 SMN is set to return with its second green bond in the coming days, becoming the third Nordic issuer to tap the public market this year. -
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena said there were some “uncertainties” around its capital strengthening plans as it slumped to a €1.7bn annual loss on Wednesday. The Italian lender has recently denied rumours that it is working on an imminent sale of subordinated debt.
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BPCE is planning to buy the stake in Natixis it does not already own, and is also examining splitting it up, placing its corporate and investment banking activities and asset and wealth management branch into a new structure.
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Deloitte has hired another former investment banker to work with financial firms, in the form of Guy Stevens.
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Banks that mostly missed out on last year's trading and origination windfall would find it difficult to make up for lost time by leaning into investment banking; that ship has probably already sailed.
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Market participants expect banks will return with a flurry of senior transactions after results this week, as rising yields help to lift primary demand.
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