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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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Public sector borrowers have been ripping up new issuance records in the sterling market since 2017. But that rich run could all be about to end with underlying spreads making the market unattractive versus euros and dollars. However, that will not deter bank borrowers who are set to party on in pounds, write Burhan Khadbai and David Freitas. -
Bond markets have been exposed to an epidemic of optimism this January.
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Eight financial institutions combined to raise €6.25bn of senior funding in the euro market this week, with supply volumes expected to drop off briefly for earnings season before ramping back up again in early February.
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Credit Suisse has streamlined its investment banking and capital markets operation (IBCM) and is confident that it will return to form after a chastening 2019, writes David Rothnie.
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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena wrapped up its second deal of the month on Tuesday, capping off a busy period for Italian deal flow in advance of important regional elections.
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Royal Bank of Canada’s £1.25bn five year covered bond issued at 47bp over Sonia on Thursday was the tightest and largest transaction to reference the rate ever issued by a bank from outside the UK. The depth of demand illustrated that the bid for Sonia products has grown.
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