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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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Piraeus Bank found enough appetite in the market on Wednesday to launch the first tier two bond out of Greece since the crisis. It raised €400m of capital at a coupon of 9.75% — 50bp tighter than initial price thoughts. -
Participants in the covered bond market believe that it is only a matter of time before issuers set out to price new deals at negative yields, casting minds back to ground breaking transactions from Berlin Hyp in 2016 and 2017.
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Santander Consumer Finance breezed through the market with a new five year senior bond on Wednesday, as FIG bankers predicted that there would be a pause for breath in the primary market after a frantic few weeks for new issuance.
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Investors looking for some extra returns in the financial institutions bond market after an impressive rally this year have started seeing value in additional tier ones with low reset spreads, despite the risk that the bonds will not be called at the first opportunity.
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Westpac New Zealand was able to steer its first green bond through the market on Tuesday, even as yields plummeted on the back of suggestions that the European Central Bank could be preparing new stimulus measures. The deal was the issuer’s first fixed rate senior bond in euros for over nine years.
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Four major announcements have been made today by the European Commission and its Technical Expert Group, which is drafting the substance of several parts of its multi-faceted Sustainable Finance Action Plan. There were new texts on the Taxonomy, Green Bond Standard and Low Carbon Benchmarks regulations as well as guidelines for companies on how to report climate change-related information. Many market participants welcomed them.
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