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Market participants debate 300bp 'soft barrier' for AT1 resets as banks probe ever-improving cost of capital
◆ French bank has had a busy 2026, issuing across currencies and asset classes◆ Cross-currency rates at 'optimal level' for diversification play, lead manager said ◆ Fair value debated
Very few, if any, Gulf issuers are looking at sterling bonds
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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
Late-week surge shows investors remain hungry for paper despite macro volatility
Classic January new issue volumes as barely there premiums come into vogue but US banks threaten to crowd out Europeans
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◆ UK lender builds demand across two legs ◆ Equivalence 'noise' no problem ◆ Canadian paper provides the closest, most recent comparables -
◆ German issuer lands €1bn at tightest spread... ◆ ...but still pays a premium ◆ Shorter Pfandbriefe less popular with issuers this year
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Department store's JV with Santander comes just as Santander is marketing a deal
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Book shrank by $700m after the issuer squeezed spread
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◆ Nordea outmanoeuvres spread widening by waiting to print in euros ◆ It and Crelan's SNP deals attract close to €6bn of orders ◆ 'Right to pay' some concession
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◆ First euro AT1 since end of June follows dollar trades ◆ Lower tier issuer no hindrance to demand ◆ Spanish bank achieves its biggest AT1 at almost no premium
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