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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’ chief executive Jes Staley has seized direct control of corporate and investment banking (CIB) again, instigating sweeping changes as he fights to boost returns at the unit and block a shareholder activist’s attack. David Rothnie reports. -
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has become the last big Canadian bank to hit the dollar market with a deal to comply with the country’s new bail-in regime.
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Participants in the financial institutions bond market were bewildered to see Coventry Building Society paying up to issue a new additional tier one and tender for an old one this week. But the transaction gave other issuers a window into how European rules on bank capital may be applied in practice — something that could pave the way for new and more liberal approaches to calling and refinancing AT1s, writes Tyler Davies.
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Financial institutions bond bankers were pleased to see investors welcome new capital trades from Caixa Económica Montepio Geral and Van Lanschot this week, as smaller and rarer names hit screens after a boom in supply this month.
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Shares in Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, fell as much as 4.5% on Thursday after reports that it is considering raising fresh equity capital to finance its potential merger with Commerzbank, two years after its last €8bn rights issue.
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