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◆ HSBC markets new dollar AT1 less than two months after raising $2.5bn ◆ Belfius Bank seen as candidate for further AT1 issuance ◆ Belgian lender is touring Europe to presents its 2026-2030 plan
◆ No attrition on insurance arm's €500m no-grow 2036 deal ◆ Ample demand from buy-and-hold accounts ◆ 'So much cash available' despite US-Iran peace deal failure
◆ ING brings its first euro capital trade of 2026 ◆ Fair value debated ◆ ING's and Intesa's tier two deals were "not a competition"
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Funding across all parts of the capital structure is available with issuers likely to prioritise unsecured borrowing
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
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation sent a positive signal to hesitant Asian covered bond issuers on Thursday when it was set to price its first negative yielding covered bond, attracting a deeper and broader scale of demand than on any of its previous deals. -
BOSC International, Bank of Shanghai’s investment bank, took an aggressive approach to pricing its $300m bond on Wednesday. Investors balked at the issuer’s strategy, forcing it to settle for a much smaller deal than planned.
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Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) raised $1bn from a tier two subordinated note on Wednesday that was priced at a new low.
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China Merchants Bank (CMB) sold its first green bond on Wednesday, taking $800m on the back of support from sustainability-focused investors.
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The top investment banks will achieve substantially higher returns on equity this year, predicts analytics firm Coalition, after revenues in fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) soared in the first half of the year.
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The covered bond market appeared well supported this week with the success of new deals suggesting scope for spreads to tighten further, especially Asian bonds. However, the long end of the curve could prove vulnerable as SSA supply ramps up, especially from the EU, which will be funding its coronavirus rescue package in the bond market, according to a covered bond trader with a good share of the market.
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