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UK government can find direction by being determined on defence and green growth

After hiring stacks of bankers in north America with rich pay packages, Citigroup has switched its attention to Europe. So far, Citi’s chequebook is still wide open

When reserve managers switched from Treasuries to other public sector bonds, they meant it

Muzinich launches CLO ETF, Rothesay's huge refinancing, and why Europe should worry about AI

The extra scrutiny that comes with working on the most visible, public and largest deals would give even the Stoics something to scratch their heads about.

◆ Iran peace deal in sight but where are the Middle East issuers? ◆ Why primary capital markets will be slow adopters of DLT ◆ Why French covered bond issuance has slowed and why it might pick up

AI issuance is becoming increasingly concentrated — beware

Covered bond issuers have been reluctant to issue on the same day as a central bank announcement, but this is starting to change

Bond market's leading performers recognised at GlobalCapital's annual awards ceremony

In the spring of 2025, Mr. Lanciné Diaby, Director General of Côte d'Ivoire's Debt Management Office (Direction Générale des Financements, or DGF), stood before GlobalCapital's audience to accept two of the industry's most prestigious distinctions: “Most Impressive Issuer in Africa” and “Most Impressive Funding Official in Africa”. His message at the time was simple: these awards were not an endpoint, but a milestone on a much longer journey. The Republic would continue to innovate and diversify its funding sources. Fast forward to a year later, Côte d'Ivoire has done just that with the execution, among others, of a Samurai bond and a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with a novel double World Bank Group guarantee.

The pick-up that sovereign, supranational and agency dollar bonds offer over US Treasuries has collapsed in two years, GlobalCapital’s Primary Market Monitor shows. As triple-A rated supras close in on pricing flat to the US government benchmark, bankers are no longer asking whether a deal can be priced through Treasuries, but when, writes Sarah Ainsworth