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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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As UK loan, bond and derivative market participants work to the deadline of December 31, 2021 to stop using Libor, one of the biggest hurdles is how to calculate the new reference rate: Sonia. -
Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group kept the sterling covered bond market busy this week with Sonia-linked trades that drew strong demand and were priced with no new issue premium.
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Hamburg Commercial Bank is looking to land a debut senior bond in the euro market in May, hoping to open a new chapter in the history of the restructured HSH Nordbank. But the institution may find it difficult to move on, with a group of influential investors angry over previous management decisions threatening to derail the deal.
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US fund manager BlackRock has pulled the plug on a rescue deal for ailing Italian bank Carige, setting the stage for a difficult political argument over whether to approve yet another costly government bailout.
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UniCredit provided details of its intention to strengthen its balance sheet further on Thursday, as it produced a well-received set of earnings results.
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Opinion polls indicate that South Africa’s incumbent African National Congress party and president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will win the country’s hotly contested general election, held on Wednesday, with a reduced majority. Bankers expect financing business to return to normal soon, after pausing in the run-up to the election.
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