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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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Investors clamouring at a chance to diversify helped Argenta Spaarbank’s debut benchmark euro covered bond price close to where bonds from established Belgian issuers trade when it was issued on Tuesday. -
UBS found room for $5bn of new debt in the dollar market this week, starting with a “phenomenal” result for a new additional tier one (AT1) on Monday and ending with a three-part senior offering a day later.
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Danske Bank’s new large corporates and institutions business, headed by Berit Behring, took effect on Monday, with three global client-facing divisions. Loans — grouped with primary and secondary equities and the advisory business — is in a different division from bonds.
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CaixaBank found €3.7bn of demand for a green senior bond on Tuesday, as investors revealed their hunger for new paper. BayernLB could follow with a green deal of its own against the improving backdrop in euros.
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UniCredit’s decision to align the definition of a defaulted receivable mortgage loan with the issuer's internal classification will have a negligible impact on the quality of the cover pool, said Moody’s.
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Bankers said that they were hoping for an event to activate covered bond issuance, following January’s 66% year-to-date supply slump versus 2020. Banks' senior issuance was also surprisingly low, but has more chance of higher volumes in future.
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