JP Morgan
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One by one, banks are taking responsibility to help fight climate change, by setting targets to eliminate carbon emissions from their whole financing portfolios by 2050. This will not suffice. Banks must learn a new way of interacting with clients. -
Two public sector borrowers will follow the EU’s record breaking success in the euro market on Wednesday, with Agence Française de Développement looking to sell its debut bond under its new framework tied to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Greece tapping its 2035s.
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UnipolSai Assicurazioni was nearly three times subscribed for a restricted tier one (RT1) this week — the first of its kind in Italy. An attractive coupon helped to offset any concerns about Italian sovereign risk or a lack of liquidity in the RT1 market.
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Criteria Caixa is sounding out investors for a new seven year unsecured euro bond: its first at this tenor in over five years.
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Deal arrangers say the euro market is wide open for the return US bank issuance, following a very successful trade from Bank of America this week.
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Ant Group has got the go ahead from regulators for the Hong Kong portion of its dual listing, which is expected to raise around $30bn in the largest ever primary share offering globally.
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Luxembourg's Quintet Private Bank tapped the market for €125m of additional tier one (AT1) paper on Friday, marking its debut in the asset class.
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Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni will be hoping to launch its first restricted tier one (RT1) bond this week, after which it could retire a pair of its lower quality tier two instruments.
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La Banque Postale (LBP) printed €500m of January 2031 non-call January 2026 tier two paper this week, its first in the format in over three years.
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JP Morgan's Raj Kapadia has joined MUFG as international head of capital markets, as the firm increases its leveraged finance focus. It has also set up a new group to advise clients at the C-suite level on market and macroeconomic developments, led by Tom Joyce, a hire from Deutsche Bank.
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The world’s biggest banks sat out the primary bond market in dollars this week, dashing hopes of a pre-election funding blitz.
