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◆ Bank's second labeled tier two in currency this year ◆ Limited attrition ◆ Volatile energy backdrop amid Strait of Hormuz tensions
◆ Leads picked three Achmea bonds as comps ◆ Dutch bank’s was one of two covereds on Monday ◆ Achmea’s was fourth Dutch covered this month
Two deals could demonstrate premium between STS and non-STS non-conforming RMBS deals
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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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La Mondiale gave investors a rare chance to put money in restricted tier one (RT1) ranks this week. The bond was oversubscribed by more than 10 times but the insurance company paid a hefty premium to do the deal, according to one source away from it. However, one of the leads disagreed and said the bond was priced “probably inside fair value”. -
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) raised $600m on Wednesday from a combination of fixed and floating rate notes.
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Finland’s finance minister tells GlobalMarkets that SMEs should be a priority for the new EU Commission, while a a high level EU expert group has suggested the EU could set up a fund to support SMEs and mid-cap companies through the costly process of launching an initial public offering
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Nationwide Building Society announced a consent solicitation on Wednesday with plans to convert two floating rate covered bonds to pay coupons based on Sonia rather than Libor, and is considering doing the same on all of its Libor-based bonds. The UK issuer followed Lloyds, which won plaudits from Moody’s for undertaking a similar exercise on a covered bond earlier this month.
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Société Générale has engaged in a $3.4bn synthetic securitization and pledged to reinvest some of the freed-up capital to increase its ‘positive impact finance’ lending. The investor, New York hedge fund Mariner Investment Group, has given it a financial incentive to go even further.
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Citigroup launched a senior unsecured bond in the sterling market on Wednesday, just as the UK government appeared to be making some progress over its Brexit deal with the EU.
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