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◆ French bank issues its first euro AT1 in three years ◆ Deal lands flat to fair value, according to sources away ◆ UBS prepares its second Australian dollar AT1 after September's market reopener
◆ Deal unaffected by Japanese macro volatility, lead said ◆ Aggressive pricing led to heavy long-end attrition ◆ Continuing trend of heavy supply for dual tranche holdco senior trades
◆ Issuer finds window between political volatility and supply onslaught ◆ Deal sets record low spread for callable sterling senior bail-in debt ◆ Investors remain on board despite tight price
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Post-earnings issuance surged with borrowers taking advantage of tight spreads to raise more than $14bn in early February.
Favourable market conditions have made raising debt like 'fishing with dynamite' for bank issuers. But concerns are mounting about volatility ahead
French bank scoops top spot overall, while BNP Paribas leads in senior and Crédit Agricole in capital
Strong demand and tight spreads has propelled volumes past January records
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◆ Italian lender becomes first lower tier bank issuer to price this year ◆ Deal launched into 'issuer's market' and benefits from tight price versus national champions ◆ Ayvens issues first green bond in its current form -
◆ Senior French bank funding restarts in second issuance week of the year ◆ Unusual delay may have helped issuer push to a tight price ◆ Bond sold at fair value
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◆ CaixaBank and ABN Amro complete 'trickier' SNP funding at tight levels ◆ Caixa more popular due to higher spreads ◆ ABN sells rare SNP tranche with three year fixed rate SP
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◆ 301bp reset spread moves inside La Banque Postale's 3% AT1 from 2021 ◆ €2.3bn of orders drop after price tightening ◆ 'We knew there would be attrition [...] we also knew we could land €1bn,' says lead manager
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◆ BMO cranks in pricing ◆ ‘It’s an issuers’ market,’ says banker ◆ First covered bond from issuer since 2023
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◆ Car leasing firm prices dual tranche deal at and just outside fair value ◆ Covered placed Sfr300m, up from Sfr 200m ◆ Third Swiss franc deal of 2026 after UBS and CIBC
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The leading banks, issuers, individuals and other market players were named at GlobalCapital's flagship industry dinner in London
The winning deals and organisations will be revealed at our gala dinner in Seville on September 18
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