RBC Capital Markets

◆ Strong local demand shows eagerness to buy Aussie covereds at new, tighter levels ◆ RBC prices in line with CIBC's reopener of dormant sector ◆ Onshore demand seen supporting issuance up to five years

◆ RBC to follow compatriot CIBC with five year public deal ◆ Earlier trade 'corrected' scarce supply, achieving high oversubscription ◆ Both banks appear ahead of expected local regulatory changes to covered bond treatment

Foreign bank quartet goes big in senior and capital issuance ahead of US bank earnings

London-based banker joins from BBVA

Nine banks chosen to run £1.5bn borrowing programme

◆ First fixed rate sterling covered since February ◆ Order book was 1.5 times oversubscribed ◆ Tenor made the deal 'more competitive', says banker

◆ Asian issuer opts for £500m no-grow format ◆ Deal offers small new issue premium ◆ Deal takes cue from BMO and KHFC

◆ First covered bond from DBS since October ◆ 11th dollar covered bond issued this year ◆ Diverse set of deals lined up to follow

Nvidia's $25bn seven-tranche offering matched Meta’s issuance in late April which are only smaller than Amazon’s $37bn print from March

◆ RBC's second euro dual trancher of the year ◆ Takes large size in very busy market ◆ 'Nice' to price 4NC3 10bp inside Morgan Stanley, lead says

Burst of deals this year in uneven market suggests investors want alternatives to Treasuries

◆ Bank keen to diversify funding from euro ◆ Issuer paid a premium over its normal euro rate ◆ Bawag keen to establish a dollar curve with more issuance