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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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As Goldman Sachs hunts for incremental gains in its investment banking division, it need look no further than its European franchise, where it continues to trail JP Morgan, writes David Rothnie. -
Qatar National Bank returned to the euro market for the first time since March 2018 this week, while there was also an unusual outing in Saudi riyal as Emirates NBD made its debut in the currency — the first from a non-Saudi issuer since 2018.
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Conditions for issuance in the additional tier one market may be more attractive than ever, but there’s still good reason for some bank treasury teams to bide their time.
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144A dollar covered bonds issued this week by Santander UK and Nationwide Building Society signal that UK banks have made a strategic return to the asset class after an absence of about 10 years. Their return, which is driven by the need to refinance liquidity borrowed under the Bank of England's Term Funding Scheme, should improve price discovery for dollar denominated securitizations.
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Alpha Bank was more than 10 times subscribed on its debut in the tier two market on Thursday, allowing the speculative grade Greek lender to tighten its pricing by up to 100bp and land at an impressive coupon level of 4.25%.
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Green bonds hardly trade any tighter than their ordinary counterparts, according to new analysis from Deutsche Bank.
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