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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 prospect of a tie-up between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank has put FIG bankers on red alert as they anticipate a ripple effect of bank consolidation across Europe.
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Nordea managed to raise €1.5bn of seven year funding at 4bp over mid-swaps on Monday — the tightest spread of any covered bond issued this year, other than in Germany. But subscription ratios for core covered bonds are falling and some key investors are lowering their orders. -
BPER Banca issued an exceptionally well subscribed Italian covered bond and, although it originally planned to issue a €500m no-grow, it took the unusual step of increasing the deal size to €600m "as a token gesture on behalf of the leads".
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Barclays is ready to head to Japan with a new bond offering if a series of crucial votes in the UK Parliament this week can help to clarify the next steps in the Brexit process.
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The EU has got another piece of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan over its most important political hurdle. At 5.30am on Thursday, after an all night session that had started at 8pm, negotiators in Brussels reached a deal on the Sustainability Disclosure Regulation. The law goes further than originally planned: investors are guided to consider their impacts on the real world, as well as inward risks to their portfolios, and to conduct due diligence.
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