Issue 1740

Cover Stories

Primary markets due for ‘intense supply’ as ECB turns hawkish

IPO market stalls in Europe after faltering start

Argentina still faces bond restructuring endgame, despite IMF lift

Ukraine crisis fails to deter Russia lenders

Green investors will put own views above ‘messed up’ Taxonomy

Leader

MREL’s halcyon days are over

ESG in levfin: order will emerge from chaos

Public Sector

Books bulge for Italy linker

Kommuninvest shows defensive desire in dollar market

KfW delivers more sterling debt ahead of BoE meet

Land Lower Saxony tightens twice for small benchmark

Berlin ducks into bond market for euros before ECB meeting

Bond Comments

Covered Bonds

Wooing investors pays dividends for CCDJ

Small is beautiful for Landesbank Saar

ECB meet and EU deal threaten positive mood in rates markets

CCDJ takes Canadian covered prints tighter in bid bounce-back

Financial Institutions

Greek banks play catch-up as MREL race nears finish

SEB lights up pre-ECB senior rush

SC rejigs cap stack after CRR grandfathering period ends

UBS hits Swissies for post-earnings AT1

Bond Comments

Securitization

European ABS to fire up in wake of ECB and BoE announcements

Corporate Bonds

Tough going for corps in dollars amid hopes of supply rebound

High Yield

Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance

Emerging Markets

ILC gets stuck at 5% as Chile supply weighs on appetite

Strong Romania euro print gives hope of returning EM appetite

Moneta’s debut foreign currency bond widens in secondary

Energo-Pro trades well in stronger EM bond mart

Axian debut bond piques investor interest

CAF prices five year in choppy market

Equity

Market volatility scuttles Ibercaja's long awaited IPO

Spac IPOs face increasing scrutiny as vol smashes tech stocks

European IPOs 'off the table' after Cheplapharm cancels float

Wintershall DEA: is an IPO possible with shareholders divided?

Market News

Bank of England steals limelight from ECB with chilling performance

UBS rewarded for sticking with prime brokerage

Liquidnet allows bond investors to talk to syndicate via OMS

Berenberg reports best annual results in its history

Santander's CIB rides renewables wave to growth

SPO providers bulk up to avoid being ESG bottleneck

People Moves

Moody's hires Handelsbanken's Lindbergh for ESG group

MUFG hires former Barclays banker to co-head EMEA capital markets, reshuffles levfin management

Lazard recruits former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Two FIG syndicate bankers leave HSBC

CS brings in Bonacker for IBCM vice-chairman job

Southpaw

Banks feel the heat as activism fuels M&A and shakes up corporate relationships