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Conducive credit markets and tight spreads to lure issuers as risks loom on the horizon
Yankee deals range from subordinated debt debuts to super long senior extensions
◆ Steady demand thanks to improved investor perception ◆ Deal pays high single digit premium... ◆ ... but becomes issuer's tightest unsecured issue for many years
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Contrasting investor receptions in euro and sterling markets but new issue premiums rise in both
Observers blame slower bookbuilding on deal-specific factors but others see warning shots for whole market
Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
Capital deals and a tight Nordic senior print point to what lies ahead for issuers
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HSBC has made Mehmet Mazi global head of debt trading and financing, a newly created position. It comes after the departure of Elie El Hayek, a veteran of the bank who had run fixed income. -
Moody’s is planning to revise its bank ratings methodology to update its loss given failure assumptions and reconsider how parent banks are related to their subsidiaries. The rating agency predicts the proposed changes will affect the ratings of up to 20 banking groups.
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Financial institutions bond bankers are getting ready to launch new unsecured bond offerings this week, after conditions in the credit markets began to ease on Tuesday.
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Roland Domann has moved to MUFG to be part of its European sales and distribution team, just months after being hired by Nomura.
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Bank of China made headlines last week for selling the first offshore Covid-19 linked bond. But the trade's status as a social bond — the first to come offshore from China — got less attention. The transaction shows the potential for social bonds from the country, while raising questions about why it has taken so long to see such a deal.
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Danske Bank confirmed on Monday that it would be redeeming one of its additional tier ones next month, after erroneously stating that it was withdrawing a notice to call the bonds.
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