Issues

Tax hikes and regulation are bearable risks. Social disintegration is not

The FIG primary market reopened this week after the conclusion of the French parliamentary election but it has emerged that not every issuer is returning to a rapturous response

◆ BFCM becomes first French bank to print Yankee after parliamentary election ◆ Foreign banks rush before major US peers expected to swarm market ◆ Athene raises dollars days before pulling a euro deal

Primary market opens up but for how long?

Concerns rise that the barrier to re-entry is too high for other storied issuers

Concerns about the state of the market from September are hurrying issuers to primary market

Only companies with their backs against the wall will accept paying so much more spread than peers with similar ratings

New hire will replace executive moving internally

German sub-sovereign trio failed to gain traction in a crowded primary market

All lenders will need to be engaged as Ofwat draft plans give Thames Water far less cash than it requested

Deal surpasses sky-high expectations

UK regulator aims to put London’s exchange on par with its global counterparts, but pension system reforms will add real boost to market, argue participants