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Scotiabank has hired a new head of syndication in New York, GlobalCapital understands.

Japanese issuers have embraced green, social and sustainability bonds, offering domestic and international investors a range of deals designed to tackle climate change, gender equality and other problems. But the local investor base is still small — and some issuers have lingering questions about funding costs. GlobalCapital talked to a group of leading market participants about the potential for Japan’s ESG bond market.

Japan’s sustainable bond market, already one of the world’s largest, has grown over the past year — given a boost from social funding needs brought about by Covid-19. Morgan Davis reports.

Japanese issuers have just been through one of the most volatile, unpredictable years in decades. Although the impact of Covid-19 on capital markets was not as violent as the aftermath of the global financial crisis, huge questions about economic growth, trade and asset allocation meant it was arguably a more troubling period for issuers and investors alike. GlobalCapital talked to some of the country’s best-regarded issuers about how they navigated the market.

The Japanese bond market had a blow-out year in 2020, despite the ongoing pandemic and related volatility. With 2021 already characterised by eager borrowers and large acquisition financing activity, DCM bankers are preparing for another record setting year. Morgan Davis reports.

This week in keeping tabs US president Joe Biden gets tough on Russia, a sceptic gives his views on M&A addiction, there is German hand-wringing about excessive debt and a look at counting the lockdown death toll. Then we revisit that the age old question: is passive investing Marxist?

The UK Debt Management Office has selected the banks to lead the first syndicated transaction of its 2021/2022 borrowing programme.

The Bank of Cyprus was met with plenty of demand as it sold one of the lowest rated financial deals of the year on Friday – a sign of confidence for any other peripheral names looking at the market.

Slovakian lender Tatra Bank concluded several days of marketing with the sale of its debut green bond on Friday, raising €300m of preferred senior paper, which it will count towards minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).

The Covid-19 pandemic caused severe disruption to financial markets in 2020-2021. During this difficult time, the Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions took a number of actions to build resilience and improve the stability of the Canadian financial system. Federally regulated financial institutions were, among other things, permitted the privilege to pledge covered bonds with the central bank, which provided access to long-term repos and benefited from preferential regulatory treatment of loans subject to payment deferrals.

Allfunds, the B2B fund distribution platform, has opened the book on its Amsterdam IPO and named several high quality cornerstone investors which are backing the deal. However, not all deals are proving to be as popular as this one and bankers say the IPO market is splitting into those firms which can and those which cannot.

Luzerner Kantonalbank has mandated for its first tier two bond in almost a decade, coming ahead of a subordinated debt redemption later this year.