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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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Berlin Hyp left ‘a little bit on the table’ with its new green covered bond on Tuesday. The trade was followed by deal announcements from Kookmin Bank and Sparebank Vest Boligkreditt, both looking to issue in sustainable format. -
Deutsche Bank has joined many of its European peers in looking for savings in the dollar market, opting for an unusual maturity structure with a new tier two deal in the currency on Monday.
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NN Bank used a quiet market this week to launch the first deal from its new soft bullet covered bond programme. The inaugural deal carried an ‘attractive’ spread and was more than three times subscribed at final terms.
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Assicurazioni Generali and Uniqa Insurance are each looking at selling tier two capital from their green bond frameworks, using a quieter period in the new issue markets to explore more complicated and multi-faceted transactions.
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Post-crisis reforms have broadly succeeded in ending the concept of ‘too big to fail’, according to the Financial Stability Board, which argued in a report on Sunday that total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) rules were making the global banking system more efficient.
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Korean Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) has launched its second social covered bond of the year in euros, setting the spread for its deal in the middle of its guidance range.
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