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◆ French bank secures 'surprising' demand... ◆... giving the option to go big ahead of national budget ◆ Concessions debated, but higher premium and spreads lure buyers
The Canadian bank regulator has risked upsetting reciprocity talks with the EU over a cut to its risk weighting for Canadian covered bonds
◆ Best window of the week, lead says ◆ Less concession than other recent deals ◆ Danske "pretty much done" for 2026 funding plan
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Higher new issue premiums make deals shine amid market volatility
Conducive credit markets and tight spreads to lure issuers as risks loom on the horizon
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
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The focus was on costs in the second quarter results of BNP Paribas and Société Générale’s investment banks, announced this week. BNP Paribas managed to keep a lid on expenses and could boast of "positive jaws", but SG took on a big charge from its restructuring.
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A wide divergence of opinion has emerged among covered bond analysts over the future of covered bond spreads. Some believe a 20bp tightening is due while others suspect they will widen. -
Barclays said on Thursday that it will redeem three of its additional tier one (AT1) bonds in September, though a weaker pound means that paying the debt back will eat into its common equity tier one ratio.
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Lloyds Banking Group has returned to the Aussie dollar market for the first time since May 2018, offering investors the chance to invest in two tranches of senior debt at the operating company level. The issuer follows a wave of European and UK financial institutions making their way down under.
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Bank of America proved on Thursday that there is still plenty of room for euro issuance, even as the market scrambled to work out the impact of the US Federal Reserve's first rate cut in a decade. The US issuer sold a €1bn senior unsecured bond after attracting orders two and half times that size.
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Bank of Sharjah is planning to print both tier one and senior bonds before the end of 2019, according to two DCM bankers in Dubai.
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