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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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  • Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) ventured into the Swedish and Norwegian markets for the first time this week. With many of Europe's big banks absent from the MTN market this year, dealers are instead chasing more unusual deals from rarer names.
  • The European Commission has this week invited stakeholders to contribute to a review of the EU’s crisis management framework. It is hoping to be able to fix a number of issues relating to the Banking Union, with a particular focus on reaching agreement on a common system of deposit insurance (EDIS).
  • China Citic Bank Corp has raised $550m from its return to the public dollar debt market after a break of more than three years. The bank priced inside fair value estimates, leading to a large drop in the final order book.
  • UK covered bonds are trading close to where they would be expected, given their new regulatory treatment outside the European Union. And while euro supply prospects this year could improve on last year’s paltry sum, the vast swathe of bonds redeeming in the same period translates to a technical imbalance which will support spreads.
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    BlackRock wants to move a long way towards catching up with leading investors in its response to climate change, its CEO Larry Fink indicated in his annual letter to chief executives on Tuesday. BlackRock stopped short of setting a net zero carbon emissions target for its $8.7tr of assets under management, or committing to swift decarbonisation. But it did publish a ‘net zero commitment’ saying it would “support the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner”.
  • UBS, the first major European investment bank to report fourth quarter results, smashed through expectations in global banking, with that part of its business benefiting from equity capital markets revenue more than doubling year-on-year.
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