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◆ Sterling market welcomes third unsecured FIG deal of the week ◆ RBC's 15bp price tightening is 'encouraging' for other issuers ◆ Relative value works well versus other G3 currencies
◆ Austrian lender's first bond issue of the year ◆ Achieves investor diversification beyond core buyers in DACH, says lead ◆ Moves pricing more than most of its past senior trades
There were no new covered bonds issued on Thursday after two on Wednesday and four on Tuesday
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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
Come May, current dollar market's gain may turn into euro pipeline's pain
European Central Bank's more 'balanced' tone may offer reprieve for bond execution
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Depfa ACS has bought back its remaining Irish covered bonds. Ireland has now lost a total of three covered bond issuing banks leaving two behind — and they haven’t come to the public market for years. -
Moody’s has upgraded Deutsche Bank’s ratings and kept the firm on a positive outlook, after predicting it will be able to ‘substantially and sustainably improve its returns’ as a result of its restructuring plan.
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Deal arrangers think the dollar market will still be the "place to go" for European banks considering short-dated funding after summer, amid uncertainty over the outlook for US rates.
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The volume of retained covered bond issuance used for European Central Bank repo purposes exceeds distributed by many times in several countries. While this repo has provided a welcome boost to bank profits, it has come at the expense of long-term banking sector stability.
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China’s regional lenders have been busy tapping both the onshore equity and debt markets for capital this year, but a slew of recent rating downgrades serve as a warning that the pressure facing the country’s small lenders remains high. Addison Gong reports.
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A new level of harmonisation and simplicity in financial markets communication is on the horizon, according to supporters of the Common Domain Model — a coding framework that will allow bonds, repos and derivatives to be described in a single format, potentially making processing more efficient and less manual.
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