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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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The Bank of England is to postpone the launch of its second biennial exploratory scenario, it said on Tuesday, because both the supervisor, and the firms it monitors, will need to focus resources on dealing with the UK’s departure from the EU instead. -
Santander Consumer Finance entered the Swiss market on Monday, selling Sfr150m ($150.8m) four year Swiss franc bonds via Credit Suisse.
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A senior fixed income syndicate banker at UniCredit has retired, GlobalCapital understands. Bankers at rival firms hailed him as “a true original and a character”.
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BNP Paribas has appointed a new head of credit trading desk analysts for European banks, with the hire joining from MUFG Securities.
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Korea Housing and Finance Corporation (KHFC) and Berlin Hyp (BHH) are lining up new covered bond deals, but the sell-off in Italian sovereign debt risks weighing on the market.
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Van Lanschot decided not to go ahead with its first additional tier one after opening books on Monday, a few days after Volksbank Wien had to postpone a similar transaction.
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