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The slide in French government bonds this week raises concerns for the country's banks and companies
Budget crisis may give way to election agony
◆ OAT rout puts French borrowers in awkward spot ◆ Sterling FRNs: a popular underdog ◆ Emerging market secondary bonds lose relevance
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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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Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) entered the euro market for the first time on Wednesday, where it was met with a warm response for what was also the first ever social covered bond from an Asian borrower. -
Barclays’ breakneck pace of investment into its trading businesses has borne some fruit in the third quarter of this year, with a 19% increase in markets income to £1.16bn. But banking was softer, and the results do not yet allow the firm to dismiss demands from Edward Bramson, the activist investor, to shrink the investment bank.
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As investors push on with fighting the Banco Popular resolution decision, Pimco has succeeded in convincing a New York District Court to extract information from one of Santander’s US arms — but failed to convince to the court to force any transparency from the Spanish bank itself.
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The ECB would like Piraeus Bank to raise tier two capital, but issuance over the past few months has proved too difficult. The bank can afford to wait for now — but it has a challenging road ahead.
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Deutsche Bank has grown its private placement desk after making two hires from rival banks.
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Michael ‘Woody’ Sherwood, former co-chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, has joined the board of Credit Benchmark, a financial technology company that uses the internal risk models of financial institutions to create a consensus ‘benchmark’ for risk.
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