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◆ Insurers a tad more interested in securitization ◆ CLO league tables ◆ Election excitement

Hung parliament seen as best outcome for bond issuers, even if swing to left was unexpected

Issuers need to look to the future with clearly defined objectives and remain agile.

◆ UK ousts Tories from power... ◆ ... setting up final round of French elections as only bar to primary market revival ◆ EM debt restructurings: balancing what creditors demand with what voters need

UK bank spreads calm and Gilt yields stable but all eyes turn to less predictable French elections

As Deutsche Bank showed this week, the long tenor trade is still on

The next six months of 2024 are shaping up to be more like a three week window

IPO after IPO fails in Europe, though equity capital markets in general work well. Look at the flotation process: it’s no surprise it malfunctions

As supply becomes scarcer, it will be easier for companies to sell dirty debt as green

◆ Natixis’s sometimes requited love affair with elite M&A bankers ◆ What the French election could to ESG, and to the bank bond market

After a rough 2023 when Nordic banks were forced to issue covered bonds at shorter tenors, borrowers have relished the chance to fund further out on the curve so far this year, securing tightly priced and popular deals, writes Frank Jackman

Nordic banks have had a great start to 2024 in the bond market, compressing their unsecured spreads to well below where they could fund in previous years. Despite these rich levels, investors have shown no reticence when it comes to placing orders, reports Frank Jackman