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◆ US asset manager is a rare name in the bond market ◆ Sterling leg comes alongside triple tranche dollar deal ◆ £9.9bn Schroders acquisition to close in the fourth quarter
◆ 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
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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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Investors showed strong support for a new subordinated bond from Zurich Insurance at the beginning of the week, though the firm ended up paying only a small premium for the new issue. -
BPER Banca will issue a new additional tier one (AT1) as part of the financing for its acquisition of Banco di Sardegna, a small lender based on the Italian island of Sardinia.
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The harmful climatic effects of biofuels, which policymakers have long promoted as a solution to climate change, are increasingly being pointed out, although the financial industry remains largely unaware of them. A report by ShareAction has highlighted the risks investors and banks are running by financing the burning of wood as a fuel.
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TSB successfully issued its inaugural Sonia linked deal which, in contrast to the bank’s previous attempt that was blighted by political uncertainty, it attracted a comfortably oversubscribed order book. The successful outcome suggests the bank can now look ahead to a more normal year according to TSB treasurer, Alison Straszewski.
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OP Mortgage Bank has issued the first Finnish covered bond of the year and did so at the same spread and in larger size than DZ Hyp managed little more than two weeks ago. With 10 year Bund yields heading towards zero, yield starved investors are chasing the market even tighter.
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Olaf Scholz, finance minister and vice-chancellor for Germany, said that there was 'no debate' about the creation of a bad bank in a prospective merger between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. He also does not believe that the recapitalisation of NordLB by the association of German savings banks would contravene EU state aid rules.
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