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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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Issuers will be hoping for better conditions than what has been seen this week, as four of them head out on roadshows on Monday. -
Kuwait International Bank (KIB) made a spectacular bond market debut on Wednesday, securing a $4.6bn book for a $300m additional tier one sukuk bond. The issuer also impressed by placing 51% of the paper with investors from outside the Middle East region.
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Credit Suisse Group made its debut in the Singapore dollar market on Wednesday, finding a significant price advantage for its perpetual tier one bond in the new currency.
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It may have been a short week for Swiss franc investors, bookended by public holidays overseas and at home. But that did not stop them responding ravenously to Tuesday’s dual-tranche debut transaction from Kühne + Nagel, the borrower having presented to investors on Monday during a lunch in Zurich and a breakfast in Geneva the following morning.
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Low growth in the euro area could harm banks’ ability to issue bail-in debt, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday. Capital ratios are resilient enough in the face of a downside scenario, but the central bank expects profitability levels to remain low.
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TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank by assets, loans and deposits, is hitting the road to market a dollar senior unsecured bond.
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