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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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  • French banks have been among the most active issuers of covered bonds so far this year but, with the pace of mortgage origination expected to slow and deposit inflows rising, further supply is less certain with pre-funding for next year becoming an option with doubts over the longevity of the prevailing strong market conditions.
  • FIG deal arrangers say the euro market could reopen for business as early as next week, with more investors set to return from their holidays.
  • The outlook for bank credit ratings deteriorated more sharply in Europe than in any other region over the first six months of 2020, according to Fitch.
  • Six months after joining JP Morgan, William Vereker has been named as the next non-executive chair of Santander UK.
  • The Bank of Cyrus has announced the sale of a €916m non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio to Pimco, dubbed Project Helix 2 after the first Project Helix cleared €2.7bn of NPLs from the bank’s balance sheet.
  • Overcollateralisation (OC) levels have increased on covered bond pools since last year for European issuers, Fitch Ratings said this week. But while issuers in some countries, like the UK, showed a rise above the average, borrowers that have participated in central bank funding, like those in Germany, have managed to keep OC levels down.
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