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Bank issuance ranges from strategic tier one capital to insurance subsidiary funding externalisation and big senior bond offerings
◆ €500m trade twice covered ◆ Investors showing less preference for tier twos, rival banker says ◆ Low-to-mid single digit concession
◆ Receptive but crowded FIG market requires concessions for funding to clear ◆ BBVA goes big with its first SP in more than two years ◆ Bawag issues first bond after PTSB acquisition
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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 Covered Bond Directive provides a basis for harmonisation of the European covered bond market and sets a standard for other countries to follow suit. But following approval of the final text this week, market participants expect the new law will give member states plenty of leeway to interpret the rules. -
Jyske Bank said it was "proud" to have hit its targets with a new additional tier one in the Swedish krona market last week, but a slow bookbuilding process showed how recent money laundering scandals are affecting Nordic financial institutions in the capital markets.
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UBI Banca on Wednesday showed that green bonds still rank high on the list of preferences for investors, after it sold a €500m five year senior preferred deal with an order book three times as large.
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CCR Re, a French reinsurer, has issued the first insurance-linked securities (ILS) trade to be governed by French law. Those on the deal spoke of starting up an ILS market in the country, as the UK — which introduced its own ILS law less than 18 months ago — grapples with Brexit.
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Barclays’ head of private loan sales has quit the bank. GlobalCapital can also reveal that Peter Jurdjevic, the bank’s head of global finance solutions, who we reported is leaving the bank earlier on Wednesday, is joining the Qatar Investment Authority as head of FIG.
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JP Morgan has created a new unit within its global equity derivatives division focused on insurance structuring – an area that the US bank sees as a key component of the growth of its equities franchise.
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