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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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Virgin Money sold its debut covered bond on Friday. The deal was well subscribed but it attracted much less demand than two earlier Sonia-linked trades this week, reflecting weakening sentiment among investors.
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Ex-Barclays honcho John Winter has been appointed CEO of MUFG Securities for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and head of the Japanese bank’s global corporate and investment banking business for EMEA. -
India’s Canara Bank and Bank Rakyat Indonesia this week gave investors a chance to diversify away from Greater China supply, pricing their respective five year dollar bonds.
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Local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone State-Owned Assets Investment doubled the size of a 2022 bond on Thursday, while another Chinese issuer Zhongtai Financial International walked away with $200m from a sub-one year note.
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As the UK hurtles towards departure from the EU with no Brexit resolution in sight, the risk of the country leaving without a deal is ramping up. Regulators on both sides of the Channel have been preparing for the worst outcome.
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Capital market specialists are good at living with radical uncertainty. Just as banks and investors carried on calmly trading US Treasuries through successive debt ceiling crises, they are now displaying similar sangfroid about Brexit.
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