Issue 1724

Cover Stories

ECB mulls new bond purchase programme to follow end of Pepp

EM set to endure greater volatility but issuers ready to pounce

UAE $4bn debut advances Gulf bond markets

Bank of Nova Scotia leads spectacular dollar flourish in covered bond revival

BPCE establishes third way on capital

Leader

The tools may not matter but the message does

Going concern capital: from RAC to ruin

Public Sector

The tools may not matter but the message does

US debt ceiling deadline pushed back

Bond market must enter its Blue Period to bridge ocean funding gap

Gentiloni promises forward looking review of fiscal rules

NWB breaks sterling size record as Gilt yields soar

EIB preps debut sustainability awareness bond in sterling

Bond Comments

Covered Bonds

Financial Institutions

BPCE establishes third way on capital

Rabobank launches enormous €16.5bn SME ABS

Amherst Pierpont pioneers CLO manager performance scoring

Securitization's image problem among hurdles in battle to attract talent

Bond Comments

Rothesay Life GBP450m 5% PNC10.5 RT1

Provident Financial GBP200m 8.875% 10.25NC5.25 tier two

Securitization

CLO investor Prospect Capital hires co-founder of Israeli fintech firm

Corporate Bonds

Deutsche Bahn benefits from high rates to offer ‘juicy positive yield’ in Swissies

Kyndryl leads US bond pack as debt ceiling recedes

Five banks sign first ESG-linked inflation swap

Thermo Fisher blasts out biggest bond of year on tough day

Heimstaden Bostad drops hybrid tranche but gets size done

Vesteda, Pepsi get tight NIPs as markets rebound

High Yield

Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance

Accsys slices lending margins in switch to bilateral credit

Assa Abloy accesses $3.75bn by unlocking bridge loan

Iliad leads levfin charge as €7bn of HY launched on Monday

MasMovil prints largest tap in euro high yield history

Modulaire waters down ‘super-aggressive’ docs as LBO prices

Emerging Markets

Banco BICE eyes debut Swissie

Falabella to shop for new bond as pandemic impact eases

BCI notches 10 year benchmark on ‘ugly’ day

Equity

Equity investors ‘could do with a pause’ as three IPOs launch in a day

Market News

Natixis strikes M&A deal with LBBW and Tyndall

People Moves

Exit Shakespeare: M&A veteran quits Barclays for Deutsche

Nordea bolsters levfin team with senior hires and appointments

Rabobank changes sustainable finance leadership

Deutsche recruits two more for UK push

SMBC picks banker from Natixis to run structured product sales

Southpaw

Citi and fellow US investment banks are more equal than others

Most recent

Covered Bond Deal Reviews

UniCredit's Czech unit sells €500m covered after M&A talk

September 18, 2024
Covered Bonds

KHFC to issue social covered bond next week

September 18, 2024
Corporate Bonds

Great Portland Estates sells £250m in quiet before a storm

September 18, 2024
Emerging Markets

Romania is next in CEE sovereign Samurai run

September 18, 2024
Regulatory Capital

Arion improves funding metrics for Icelandic AT1s

September 18, 2024