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◆ Race for public solar ABS is on ◆ Senior noteholders to suffer CMBS losses for first time since 2008 ◆ CLOs jump tighter again

◆ Banks need a bond market leader, just not a French one ◆ From Golden Goose to lame duck ◆ CMBS problems, rise of solar ABS

The Dutch bank is hiring 100 capital markets and advisory bankers to expand beyond DCM

Excessive regulation will slow the market, but it is better than the alternative

The best banks, issuers, individuals and other market participants were awarded at GlobalCapital's flagship industry dinner in London

Some markets have shone, while others have been shuttered by political volatility

Exuberant ABS demand continues ◆ Bain leads Euro CLO jump to 140bp ◆ Basking in better audio

Tiering the Bank of England’s deposits has its place — but don’t go and zero them all

The pace of issuance from agency issuers has been remarkable this year as investors’ renewed love affair with fixed income heats up. But there are still challenges to getting deals done, meaning borrowers must come up with new ways to keep funding ticking over, writes Georgie Lee

Savvy government issuers have been able to fund record volumes from retail investors since interest rates began to rise, which contributed to tighter spreads, even as debt-to-GDP ratios increased. But where next now that banks have caught up, the ECB has cut rates and household liquidity has receded? Georgie Lee investigates

Multilateral development banks find themselves swept up in two parallel waves of change. As bond issuers, they are having to deftly navigate capital markets that are still emerging from the end of years of historically low rates, being forced to call upon all their experience and sophistication as they fund across multiple markets. At the same time, with the pressure on to fill the huge gap in global development finance, these institutions are being asked to work out how to better use or expand their balance sheets and lend more — all while maintaining their precious credit ratings. GlobalCapital gathered some of the leading supranational issuers at a roundtable in New York City in May to discuss how best to deal with the challenges of this changing world.

Major shifts in monetary policy and market conditions have created funding opportunities for sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) issuers, and there is no bank more skilled at devising optimal execution strategy than Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB).