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◆ Friday Italian capital raising completed ahead of potential big issuance next week ◆ Strong market tone drives rise in AT1 bids ◆ Bank marches inside 300bp reset but also through recent Commerzbank spread
◆ Unusually busy Friday for European bank funding ◆ Small premium, large demand ◆ Meanwhile 10 year OAT-Bund spread breaches 100bp
◆ Larger-than-usual size ◆ Constructive Friday opening led to three well-received FIG trades ◆ ...of which Alpha may have paid the least NIP
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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
Covered market provides 'the deepest pocket of demand' among FIG asset classes
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CNP Assurances has decided to postpone its sale of a green tier two capital bond until later this year. The French insurance company, which is restructuring, had intended to sell a security with a rare format in the bond market. -
Toronto Dominion opened order books on Monday for the third dollar benchmark covered bond from a Canadian issuer this year and, like the others, it has also chosen to issue a three year.
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Deutsche Bank's far-reaching restructuring plan to pull out of equity sales and trading and streamline the investment bank elsewhere involves a tie-up with BNP Paribas for parts of its business. The troubled German lender also signalled the advantage of a recent rule change to additional tier one coupon payments in allowing it to proceed with the changes.
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A banker at LBBW has left its SSA origination and syndicate team to join its FIG debt syndicate, GlobalCapital understands.
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Investors rushed to buy Credit Mutuel Arkea’s 10 year covered bond on Friday and lock in the positive yield before it disappears, probably in a matter of weeks. Strong demand was all the more remarkable given the bank’s Aa3 rating could be downgraded by three notches.
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The past couple of years haven’t been kind to Nordic banks, and the next few might not be either.
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