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Growing pipeline and fiercer competition had threatened to shake the darling bonds of May
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Uncertainty in Middle East peace negotiations may reignite alarm, but investors remain willing as long as issuers pay to play
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Tweaks to trading book rules will be next stage of competition
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Come May, current dollar market's gain may turn into euro pipeline's pain
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  • Austria’s Oberbank issued its first green covered bond on Thursday under its newly established green framework. Consistent with recent deals, the transaction was priced 2bp inside the initial spread with a 2bp new issue concession as investors showed once again that they are sensitive to price.
  • The blockchain firsts in capital markets are coming quickly. DZ Bank is marketing a corporate Schuldschein that will run back office functions on a blockchain for the entire duration of the trade — the first time this has been done — while Société Générale’s subsidiary Forge is working on various permutations of trades to be issued using this form of distributed ledger technology. While blockchain tech is still in its infancy, it is set to disrupt capital markets, creating winners and losers.
  • The European Banking Authority has asked banks again to do everything necessary to eliminate “infection risk” from their balance sheets, as some lenders seek new ways to keep cheap forms of legacy capital in their liability structures.
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    The European Banking Authority has reiterated its cautious stance on sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), arguing that coupon step-ups should generally be reserved for "incentives to redeem" under the rules for capital instruments and regulatory senior notes.
  • UniCredit revealed the mandate for its debut green bond on Wednesday, which is set to be launched following the completion of a three day roadshow.
  • Ahead of what is expected to be a long, dry summer in the primary covered bond market, Korean Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) and Caffil were out on Wednesday with €1bn new issues.
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