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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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Asif Godall has been appointed as head of global markets for EMEA at Mizuho International plc, replacing Zahra Peerbhoy. Godall joins from Cairn Capital, where he was co-chief investment officer. -
Banca Carige, the struggling Italian lender, said this week that it was looking for €630m of new equity capital to carry out an ambitious plan to bring its non-performing exposure (NPE) ratio down to 6%-7% from 22%. The institution is also hoping to overhaul its funding sources, faced with replacing €5.5bn of financing from the Italian government and the European Central Bank.
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QNB Finansbank has revised initial price thoughts for its benchmark dollar 5.5 year bond, with books for the deal over $1.4bn. Both an investor and a syndicate official had said earlier in the day they expected tighter pricing.
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ABN Amro, one of the banks at the centre of the global financial crisis in 2008, hopes that a new structure designed to deliver on a corporate and institutional banking (CIB) strategy anchored closer to home will allow it to prosper.
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Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has launched the first catastrophe bond out of Singapore, as the Lion City seeks to become a hub for insurance-linked securities (ILS) by offering grants to issuers.
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The German lower house has approved an amendment to Pfandbrief legislation that should ensure UK assets remain eligible in German Pfandbriefe. Had the amendment not been passed, overcollateralization ratios of some Pfandbriefe would have fallen sharply.
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