Nomura
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The UK issued a £4bn index-linked Gilt maturing in 2039 on Tuesday, experiencing hot demand as investors flocked to secure protection from the threat of inflation.
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CaixaBank was set to launch its first sterling bond on Tuesday as it dipped its toes into a market that is now on course for its busiest week this year to date.
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The World Bank failed to impress as it sold a five year dollar benchmark this week, with the issuer and leads attributing the lack of appetite to the tight reoffer leveland the unusual maturity.
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World Bank received lukewarm demand as it sold a five year dollar benchmark on Tuesday, with the leads attributing the lack of appetite to the tight level of the deal versus mid-swaps.
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CDP Financial, one of Canada's largest public pension asset managers, joined three other public sector borrowers in the dollar market on Tuesday to sell its debut green bond.
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Nomura’s Asia ex-Japan healthcare investment banking head, Vijay Karwal, has left the firm after a three year stint to join a biopharmaceutical company.
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Market participants expect to see the end of “vanilla” deals in the European bank bond market, as tier two debt becomes the latest asset class to embrace call periods over call dates.
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Virgin Money UK was six times subscribed for a tightly priced tier two in the sterling market on Wednesday, despite having offered a very similar deal to investors last September.
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Barclays returned to the Kangaroo bond market this week after being absent for two years to raise A$600m across three tranches of holding company debt. The market was split over which tranche offered the most value in pricing.
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Barclays is set to end a two year absence from the Kangaroo bond market this week, as it seeks up to three tranches of callable senior debt.