Issue 1749

Cover Stories

The great FIG thaw: investors rush back into financials

ECM layoff fears grow after dismal quarter

Late to the party? US asset managers eye up European direct lenders

Nordic banks gear up for next generation of sustainable lending

Portuguese sovereign lays out periphery primary bond market blueprint

Leader

Climate peril puts SLB market on the spot

Ballooning pay and headcount need the flow of deals to support them

Public Sector

EU’s bulging book opens floodgates for SSAs in euros

Swinging swap spreads validate Portugal premium

IADB pushes hard to reach $1bn with FRN

JBIC cruises through as more SSA issuers eye dollars

Top rated SSA dollar names nudged into short maturities

Rising rates lure top borrowers back to Swiss yield fest

Bond Comments

Covered Bonds

MunHyp reels in extraordinary demand for green Pfandbrief

Slovenska sporitelna paves way for more CEE covered bond issuance

Bawag races over covered bond finishing line

Caffil’s covered bond shows its national champion status

Investors flock to PBB’s four year Pfandbrief

Financial Institutions

Early engagement helps Mapfre to debut tier three deal

FIG borrowers vie with hawkish Fed

Banco BPM achieves big book for €300m AT1

ZKB eyes bail-in debut following tier two print

Bond Comments

Securitization

Long line of consumer ABS enters market despite recession threat

European CRE CLOs tipped for take-off

UK RMBS tipped to flood market after Easter

'No longer a seller’s market' as Dutch RMBS enters busy pipeline

Corporate Bonds

Sterling tempts bond issuers with flickering arbitrage

US IG market 'all over the place' as Fed confirms catch-up plan

High Yield

Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance

Emerging Markets

Istanbul accepts high price for five year note

Equity

Polish energy group to raise €740m for green transition

Mystery owner cuts E.On stake after executive talks of price rise

888 Holdings sells shares to fund William Hill reverse takeover

Renewable chemicals co Avantium launches ‘innovative’ capital raise

Market News

European settlement shake-up lightens load for docs banks

UK gets off on the right foot with pitch for crypto leadership

Eppf rebrands after merger with NowCP

People Moves

DZ tops up ESG DCM team with hire from SMBC

Standard Bank Africa DCM chief Kwarteng departs

Alcentra VP for France and southern Europe departs

Vida Capital takes CLO head from Sculptor

Bank of America names MBS research head

Partners Group poaches Hermes private debt director

Southpaw

BP faces tough exit from Russia in frozen M&A market