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With masses to fund and spreads super-tight, banks will race to market, but central banks are expected to tighten
◆ 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
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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
Tweaks to trading book rules will be next stage of competition
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Goldman Sachs won strong demand for a chunky €1.75bn deal in the euro market on Thursday, becoming the first US bank to visit the currency after posting full year results. -
A new era has begun in the US, with the swearing in of Joe Biden as president. For America and the rest of the world it is a sea change in leadership style and political substance.
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The Spanish government’s decision to extend laws that prohibit tenant evictions is a blow for the credit strength of the country's covered bond and mortgage securitizations. But even so, supply scarcity will continue to have more influence on Cédulas valuations and spreads, which have already tightened this year and may well have further to go.
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A double-digit spread over mid-swaps is still possible in covered bonds from Poland, Slovakia and Dutch conditional pass-though deals, suggesting scope for performance is strongest in these markets, said bankers on Wednesday.
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Higher rates and execution certainty in the dollar bond market have given investors something to get excited about, with supply from financials in the currency outstripping that in euros so far this year.
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Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte won a vote of confidence in the country's senate last night, removing the immediate threat of the government he leads collapsing. Relieved investors flocked back to Italian assets in the aftermath but Italy’s political troubles are unlikely to be over.
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