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Europe’s regulator proposes preserving capital requirements while trimming the complexity that hampers cross-border M&A
UK borrower goes alone on Thursday following FOMC rate hold
Despite a strong year for euro covered bond issuance more broadly, volumes from France are way down on last year
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Europe's regulator seeks to reduce complexity while 'preserving banks' resilience and resolvability'
Currency's higher yielding appeal has lured investors across the capital stack
Issuers seizing moment as rates stabalise and spreads hold near historic tights but some deals betray signs investors growing sensitive on price
Less frequent issuers making the most of market with strong bid for yieldy assets
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Covered bonds issued this week by Berlin Hyp and Deutsche Hypo would have struggled without demand from the European Central Bank, suggesting the central bank is crowding out investor demand from the private sector. -
The ousting of Sajid Javid as the UK's chancellor of the exchequer has been interpreted in financial markets as a power grab by prime minister Boris Johnson. Javid's removal is likely to strengthen the government’s bias towards populist economics, “rewriting the Treasury’s fiscal rules”, according to one investor.
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A broad and diversified group of investors placed large orders for ING Belgium’s €1.25bn 10 year covered bond issued on Thursday, lapping up its positive reoffer yield and the convincing spread pick-up, as well as the rarity and strength of the name. The resounding response stood in contrast to two tightly priced negative yielding Pfandbriefe issued earlier this week.
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Credit Suisse has reported a strong end to last year for fixed income sales and trading, in chief executive Tidjane Thiam’s last week in the job.
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Arion Bank showed its eagerness to issue additional tier one (AT1) capital on Thursday as Icelandic banks get ready to benefit from a change in the national tax treatment of the instruments.
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