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◆ German bank launches new capital as it seeks to buy back old AT1s ◆ Deal lands amid UniCredit takeover... ◆ ... and prices close to where Italian bank's capital trades
◆ Lender joins lively sterling FIG market ◆ Deal said to be three times covered ◆ HSBC also about to price three-part Samurai
◆ Insurance companies timed deals to engage euro accounts ◆ Second deal after earlier senior bond ◆ Raises fresh capital ahead of perp call
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Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
Capital deals and a tight Nordic senior print point to what lies ahead for issuers
The single currency stands out as the most attractive funding source while the US dollar market remains open in size
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Market participants will embark in the coming weeks on the difficult task of working out how to use the European Union’s sustainable finance Taxonomy, after the first criteria were published this week. In doing so, they will be conscious that the smooth tide of green finance is now breaking against the hard reality of power politics and resistance by fossil fuel industries — a clash that is rocking the Taxonomy’s credibility, writes Jon Hay. -
Covered bond bankers were optimistic about the outlook for green issuance after the European Commission published the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, which as far as real estate is concerned, is broadly in line with the recommendations set out by its technical expert group, current industry standards and a draft circulated earlier this week.
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The Province of Ontario ended an absence of almost four years from the Swiss franc market this week to land a 12 year note at fair value. Elsewhere, Valiant Bank and Pfandbriefbank kept the domestic market ticking over with a handful of covered deals.
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Bank of Cyprus and Nykredit, at opposite ends of the FIG ratings spectrum, issued tier two bonds over the last week and both found strong demand from investors for the extra spread the product offers over senior debt. But with bank capital ratios rising, there seems little appetite among other issuers to follow.
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