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◆ UK building society actively funding across markets and formats in the past four months ◆ Strategic sterling capital deal proactively manages AT1 stack ahead of call ◆ Senior non-preferred euro bond becomes joint tightest UK bank bond at the tenor since 2021
◆ Stability leads to third day of FIG sterling issuance ◆ Rabo prints its first tier two four years ◆ BBVA completes first sterling senior bond since 2020
◆ Follows similar deal from regional peer Swedbank ◆ But earlier bond was already trading wide of reoffer ◆ Pricing prioritised, says banker off deal
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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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Theresa May’s decision this week to allow Parliament to vote on extending the Brexit deadline by three months has split the UK capital markets down the middle. Bond bankers are cheered and believe UK issuance is likely to rise — but equity deal originators see it as another three months of stagnation, with IPOs all but impossible. Jon Hay, Sam Kerr, Tyler Davies and Aidan Gregory report. -
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Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, warned politicians on Thursday not to roll back banking regulations established in the wake of the financial crisis, as she highlighted a spike in financial pay. She also discussed ways of making finance more sustainable in its outcomes, and how fintech could improve inclusivity.
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The common eurozone sovereign bond keeps rearing its head as a supposed solution to the monetary union’s problems.
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