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‘Look at the issuer as a whole’ is the mantra of the corporate and supranational green bond markets, and rightly so. But we need to apply the same approach to sovereigns.

Bank of America has hired a managing director from Goldman Sachs to help lead a new team in its UK investment banking division that aims to increase the bank’s coverage of private and emerging growth companies.

Eni, the Italian oil and gas company, got its chunky €2bn hybrid capital issue comfortably oversubscribed on Tuesday, after a similar success for Orange last week. Corporate bond investors are piling money into anything that offers higher returns.

Fleet Mortgages is offering its first UK buy-to-let RMBS under the London Wall brand since 2018, following several years in which the company’s collateral emerged largely in Citi’s multi-originator principal shelf Canada Square. One William Street Capital, which renewed its partnership with Fleet in 2019, is sponsoring the deal.

German cruise liner Tui Cruises is marketing its first high yield bond, as it emerges from a devastating year for the company and the broader travel sector.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market saw an abundance of mandates on Tuesday, suggesting that the bullish hopes from some corners of the banking world for May’s primary market might be fulfilled.

The Pfandbrief market is in the middle of a tumultuous year which includes not only the adoption of the EU's Covered Bond Directive but also digesting the bloc's Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities. Of course, this is all happening against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, which have hit the commercial real estate market that underpins much of the product. Jens Tolckmitt, chief executive of the Association of German Pfandbriefbanks (vdp), spoke to GlobalCapital about how the market has coped.

Recent trades have demonstrated just how sublime primary market conditions are for covered bond issuers, stoking a revival of the previously dormant sector.

Barclays announced pre-tax profits of £2.4bn on Friday, beating expectations thanks in part to its best ever quarter in equities, including derivatives and equity capital markets.

Emirates Telecommunications company (Etisalat) was preparing on Tuesday for a dual tranche euro deal, while Commercial Bank Qatar was looking for a five year dollar bond.

Greece was the only public sector borrower to announce a new benchmark transaction on Tuesday, picking banks to lead a new five year syndicated deal.

Upstart is returning with a $490m securitization backed by unsecured personal loans, its biggest deal to date. The ABS transaction announcement comes as the company has been increasing its capital base and lending capacity through various means, such as completing an IPO as well as partnering up with banks or start-ups.