Santander
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Five new IPOs were announced in EMEA this week as the market enters a crucial window in the run-up to Easter.
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Despite the ECB’s backstop bid, covered bond trading is a tough business. Tight spreads may help investors score mark-to-market gains, but discourage them selling since replacement assets are scarce. But the market is evolving, e-trading is on the march and traditional dealer rankings are changing too.
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Kuwait National Petroleum (KNP) is in talks with 10 banks over a loan to fund its expansion plans. -
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Spain rode out another volatile day in eurozone government bonds on Wednesday to finish up with a healthy €5bn of 15 year paper from an order book nearly treble that size.
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Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and WL Bank successively priced the tightest covered bonds of the year this week and both were able to tighten pricing to a greater extent than any previous German issuer.
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GlobalCapital interviews covered bond traders, Jonas Klink and Jordi Cabero, to try and find out how after only three years, Santander has become a dominant force on the Street.
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Spain rode out another volatile day in eurozone government bonds to finish up with a healthy €5bn of 15 year paper from an order book nearly treble that size.
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Spain is set to bring its second benchmark of the year after mandating banks on Tuesday, as the country enjoys a spell of stability compared to some of its eurozone peers and a market that appears to be calming after a volatile start to the week.
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Santander has poached yet another banker from the Royal Bank of Scotland's leveraged finance team, as Saul Proctor becomes financial sponsor director at the Spanish bank.
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Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has priced the tightest covered bond of the year and was able to tighten pricing to a greater extent than any other German issuer this year.
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A number of financial institutions have distanced themselves from the primary market for additional tier one (AT1) bonds this week, but there is no doubting that the asset class has been on fire in 2017. It is only a matter of time before supply restarts, and Spanish banks will be first in line, writes Tyler Davies.
