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Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
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Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
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Capital deals and a tight Nordic senior print point to what lies ahead for issuers
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The single currency stands out as the most attractive funding source while the US dollar market remains open in size
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  • BPER Banca, the Modena-based banking group, has unveiled the terms for a €800m rights issue to fund an acquisition of hundreds of branches across northern Italy from Intesa Sanpaolo.
  • Ireland won kudos for the swift economic recovery that followed the sovereign debt crisis, but with a considerable portion of residential mortgage loans overdue or restructured, its housing market was in a terrible state even before the impact of Covid lockdowns, let alone the peril a disorderly Brexit may bring.
  • Moody’s has changed its outlook for Commerzbank’s issuer rating to ‘negative’ over concerns about a reduction in the bank’s senior debt levels.
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    The European Central Bank is considering a proposal to use its Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs) to incentivise green lending. It has said it may also exclude so-called brown bonds from its asset purchase programmes.
  • Svenska Handelsbanken found tight pricing for a dual offering of additional tier one (AT1) notes on Tuesday. It became the first European bank to set a dollar AT1 coupon of less than 4.5% for one of its tranches.
  • The European Central Bank's decision to withdraw repo facilities for structured covered bonds from the start of next year may disincentivise issuers from structuring further deals without a law.
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