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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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Barclays’ head of global finance solutions has quit in a move to the buyside. -
Barclays’ head of financial institutions bond syndicate for Europe, the Middle East and Africa has left the bank.
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Hong Kong’s AIA Group looked to the US market for its latest $1bn bond sale on Tuesday.
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BOC Aviation sold its second dollar bond of the year on Tuesday, snapping up $750m from the sale of a 5.5 year trade, after raising $500m from a five year bullet in January.
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Norway’s DNB Bank on Tuesday broke a record for the tightest pricing in preferred senior format so far this year, finding strong demand for a new transaction, despite market concerns about money laundering among Nordic financial institutions.
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The final text of the covered bond directive strikes a balance that provides the flexibility to introduce new assets while defending the product’s credit quality and avoiding potential market disruption.
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