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Swiss bank is growing its client base on a global scale but without trying to be 'everything to everyone'
◆ Dazzling feats of issuance in public sector bond market but signs of wariness persist ◆ How banks have derisked May issuance ◆ Corporate bond investors stick around
◆ Fatigue visible in sterling FIG as Westfield secured bond also grabs attention ◆ UniCredit funds in line with euros ◆ Nova Scotia comes flat to dollars
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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
Come May, current dollar market's gain may turn into euro pipeline's pain
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The recent floods in Europe should be sounding alarm bells for the insurance industry. With events like these on the rise thanks to global warming, insurers facing compounding losses should look to catastrophe bonds as an alternative to costly reinsurance. -
Across the markets covered by the PMM, issuance volume has remained roughly consistent in each of the last four weeks, averaging just over $35bn, with last week's total reaching $41bn. However, last week the number of transactions plummeted from an average of 29 each week in the three weeks before to just 13.
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The Prudential Regulation Authority gave more detail on the likely direction of reforms to the risk margin and the matching adjustment on Tuesday, as it launched a quantitative impact study for the review of Solvency II in the UK.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has returned to the long end of the covered bond market sell its first private placements in the format since 2019.
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ICBC International Holdings priced a three year bond on Monday with the support of a 22-member syndicate team.
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The spread outlook for covered bonds is likely to remain positive over the summer period, said traders, even though yields are negative. The main risks to that prognosis are likely to emanate from the possible course of inflation.
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