Santander
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Jean-Pierre Mustier’s had a busy first month at UniCredit. Already, the new CEO has launched a strategic review, sold 10% each of FinecoBank and Bank Pekao, made a host of senior appointments and scrapped two-year-old talks with Santander about combining their asset management businesses.
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Euro high yield issuance has largely brushed off concerns about the UK's vote to leave the European Union, but despite a surge of deals some corporates are still holding back from the market. -
Uncertainty over the UK’s future following its vote to leave the European Union and the loss of its last triple-A rating failed to make any dent in demand for the first Gilt syndication since Brexit. Instead, the only real effect was the rock bottom yield at which the sovereign was able to issue.
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Banco Santander’s exposure to the UK came at a steep price in its results for the first half of 2016, with profits down by 32% despite growing lending and customer funds.
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The house cleaning started by UniCredit’s new broom, Jean-Pierre Mustier, has thrown up a new IPO prospect: Pioneer Investments, the firm's asset management business, which it had been negotiating to merge with Santander Asset Management.
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The Gilt market on Tuesday once again highlighted its immunity to concerns around the UK's vote to leave the EU, as the Debt Management Office conducted a trademark smooth execution with a tap of its 0.125% November 2065 inflation-linked bond.
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European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has in effect told market participants to come back after summer if they want to see any further monetary stimulus — but belief that such stimulus is on the way helped a trio of euro deals this week.
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The first sterling senior unsecured FIG deals to hit the market since the Brexit vote brought in astonishing demand, first for a blockbuster £1bn trade from Wells Fargo, followed by a bond from Bank of America Merrill Lynch that brought total sterling issuance to £1.75bn on the week.
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Naviera Armas, the Spanish passenger and cargo ferry operator, on Thursday offered its first ever bond. Naviera's bond is also the first debut in the post-Brexit high yield market, which has been dominated by southern European borrowers.
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Spain drew nearly €30bn of orders for a new €6bn 10 year benchmark on Tuesday, as Cyprus tightened pricing by 20bp on a seven year deal.
