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◆ UK bank uses the first issuance window after earnings, central bank meetings and holidays ◆ Deal coincides with busy euro credit market ◆ Barclays attracts attention with relevant new issue concession
◆ Dutch bank goes 'head to head' with Alphabet in euros ◆ Brings its longest ever opco tranche ◆ Book skewed towards two year FRN
◆ French issuer tightens spread by impressive 8bp ◆ CFF's fourth covered bond in past two months ◆ Spread of 51bp was flat to fair value, says banker
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Banks could rush to issue as fast as possible, taking advantage of remarkably tight spreads
Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
Tweaks to trading book rules will be next stage of competition
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◆ UBS's covered programme now 'well-known' a year after launch ◆ Investors like the chance to pick up triple-A rated Swiss risk in euros ◆ Premium needed for contractual structure -
◆ Tight deal proves popular ◆ Investors eager to buy seven year paper ◆ Achmea's secondary curve points to higher fair value
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◆ US gives further clues on MDB support ◆ FIG issuers face funding choices ◆ What's the point of the EU green bond standard?
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Almost Sfr3bn printed in first week of May as Swiss franc mart shakes off tariff spectre
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Ex-SMBC banker picked to cover UK and Ireland
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◆ Handful of European banks go Stateside after quarterly earnings ◆ Some revisit dollar funding despite it not offering best relative cost ◆ HSBC goes for size as its triple trancher surpasses BofA's $5bn print
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