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◆ Tightest callable Italian tier two since 2020 ◆ UniCredit year-on-year spreads continue to tighten ◆ 80% of allocations made to 'solid real money' accounts
◆ 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
◆ Largest Czech bank tightened spread by 8bp ◆ Subsidiary of Erste Group announced mandate on Monday ◆ 'Arithmetically, there is no FV', a banker said

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Funding across all parts of the capital structure is available with issuers likely to prioritise unsecured borrowing
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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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  • HSBC Holdings has finished the process of switching $3.5bn of short dated senior debt for a pair of new issues, as it looks to smarten up its liability structure for the total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) standards.
  • Crédit Agricole's Swiss subsidiary is selling its first structured covered bond in Swiss francs. The deal will be issued under a new programme using Swiss contractual law in a change from the French law covered bonds issued by the parent bank in the Swiss franc market. Elsewhere in the Swiss market, Münchener Hypothekenbank issued a green bond on Friday.
  • Danish banks say they could replace non-preferred senior debt with preferred senior bonds in the second half of 2020, after Denmark’s national supervisor relaxed minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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    Newly released data compiled by the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) underscores the robust growth of the covered bond market, with volumes rising to €2.7tr globally over 34 countries. Volumes will have exploded again this year due to the scale of retained issuance that’s been used for central bank funding.
  • A surge in repo-eligible issuance and deteriorating credit outlook for the retail and hotel commercial mortgage segments that secure some cover pools has pummelled the Pfandbrief market. This has been compounded by a lack of transparency leading to "an uneasy feeling" and ‘some uncertainty’ said bankers.
  • Analysts at Société Générale say that bank credit spreads have plenty of room left to tighten in 2020, especially as supply volumes fall in the second half of the year.
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