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◆ Largest Australian tier two tranche since 2020 ◆ Pays slightly higher NIP than earlier deals ◆ 'Novel' structure attracts high quality order book
Deals price tightly to Western European peers, with high-spread Icelandic banks performing the most
◆ British lender fixed spread and deal size from outset ◆ Order book closed at over two times the deal size ◆ Fixing terms enabled faster execution, the lender said
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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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Philippines issuers continued to add to the bond market this week, with BDO Unibank breaking a three-year hiatus for $600m. -
Shinhan Financial Group raised $500m from a Covid-19 resilience social bond on Monday, finding support from investors keen to buy deals sold to help businesses and people impacted by the pandemic.
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Amco Asset Management is looking to join the list of banks looking to print bonds in the rush to issue before earnings blackouts begin.
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The Swiss government has recently approved draft amendments to its Pfandbrief law that will increase transparency and legal certainty, reducing the risk of a fire sale and payment default.
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Kookmin Bank is expected to surface later this week with its first euro covered bond which will fund social housing. The deal is to emerge amid mounting concern that diminishing supply, rising redemptions and aggressive central bank buying will cause an unprecedented technical squeeze in the covered bond market.
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Assicurazioni Generali launched a greent tier two capital bond in euros on Monday, confirming the appetite for riskier products across bank capital. The new deal left no premium on the table as the issuer capitalised on demand for green subordinated debt.
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