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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
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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
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Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
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Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
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Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
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  • JP Morgan paid a visit to the euro market for new senior funding at the start of the week, following recent examples set by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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    European financial regulators have bowed to pressure from investment firms and their trade bodies, and look set to weaken the requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, a central part of the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan.
  • Banco Comercial Portugues made a rare foray into the senior market on Friday, enticing investors with a bit of extra yield on its speculative grade transaction.
  • Yields in the covered bond market are at their highest level this year and some could soon offer a positive return. With banks now starting to emerge from blackout there are high hopes supply will improve next week, not least because recent issuance offers more precise market clearing levels and that should improve execution certainty.
  • The Term Funding Scheme could easily take on more importance as a policy tool at the Bank of England.
  • Relief swept through secondary bond markets when Mario Draghi agreed to form a new government to steer Italy through the pandemic. But he must tread a narrow and treacherous path if he is to succeed and primary capital markets are to feel any lasting benefits. As Lewis McLellan and Tyler Davies report, next week will show whether Thursday’s burst of optimism was justified.
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