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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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Deutsche Bank has signalled its commitment to maintaining a “strong capital markets business” after admitting it has begun formal merger talks with smaller rival Commerzbank. -
The European Commission proposed earlier this month tweaking the capital requirements for insurance companies, through the creation of a new “long-term equity investments” class in the Solvency II regulation.
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Francisco González has temporarily resigned from the BBVA board until an investigation into spying is completed.
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Crédit Agricole Italia took 50% more covered bond funding than it had expected on Friday after being swamped with demand for a new eight year deal, while Banco BPI reopened the Portuguese covered bond market with a €500m transaction that received seven times as much interest from investors.
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Bank of Communications Hong Kong branch has raised over $1.6bn from bonds in three different currencies. The pricing of its US dollar floating rate tranche defied market expectations.
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New issue premiums have all but vanished from European bond markets, as well as the dollar market for supranationals, sovereigns and agencies, with borrower after borrower ramming pricing down to its curve — and in some cases, way through it. Everyone knows it will end at some point, but for now, investors are offering no resistance — in fact, they are chasing deals tighter. By Jon Hay, Burhan Khadbai, Mike Turner and Tyler Davies
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