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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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Members of the European Parliament have restarted work on a controversial file on the secondary market for non-performing loans. They failed to come to an agreement last spring, with MEPs disputing the level of protection that should be granted to retail consumers. -
Building on the success of last week’s multi-tranche Sfr1.1bn ($1.1bn) trade, Pfandbriefbank (PS Hypo) rounded off its funding for 2019 on Monday, with a low-key two-tranche Sfr310m issue.
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Analysts at Commerzbank have criticised Markit for excluding Deutsche Bank’s innovative conditional passthrough covered bond from the iBoxx index for covered bonds. They believe the decision is “technically difficult to justify” and could discourage other banks from embracing new formats.
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Activity is set to heat up in the additional tier one (AT1) bond market in 2020, with as many as 22 bonds approaching their first call dates. Market participants appear confident that conditions will allow banks to refinance and incentivise them to do so.
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Indian issuers thronged the offshore bond market this year, with volumes from the country easily beating 2018 numbers. But cracks in the market have started to show. While deal flow will be strong in 2020, concerns around the health of the financial sector and the changing status of state-owned enterprises are keeping investors on edge. Morgan Davis reports.
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Andrea Enria, chair of the European Central Bank’s supervisory board, has confirmed that eurozone banks will be able to include subordinated debt as part of their Pillar 2 capital requirements. The resulting 90bp improvement in common equity tier one (CET1) buffers could help to offset "unwarranted consequences" from the implementation of Basel III, he said.
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