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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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Wall Street heavyweights piled into the dollar market with a string of tightly-priced preferred share deals, after reporting full-year earnings this week amid FIG supply of $25bn in just four days. -
Banks should stop issuing loans and bonds linked to Libor by October, according to the Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates. But the scale of the challenge facing firms, particularly in the loan market, is causing concern.
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Italian banks took over the financial institutions bond market this week, enjoying a much lower cost of funding and capital than they have been accustomed to in recent years. The sector will look to make good use of favourable issuance windows in 2020, as it moves inch by inch towards a more positive outlook.
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A lack of supply relative to 2019 and much more aggressive central bank buying ensured that Banco Sabadell, Royal Bank of Canada and OP Mortgage Bank were able to price covered bonds flat to fair value this week.
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