GC Search

Search results for

Tip: Use operators exact match "", AND, OR to customise your search. You can use them separately or you can combine them to find specific content.

There are 372,755 results that match your search.372,755 results

Sort by

Covered Bonds

Greenium ‘increasingly visible’ but not yet in covered bonds

The Climate Bonds Initiative has said the evidence for price benefits of green bonds is becoming "increasingly visible". Though proof of a pricing advantage in covered bonds is limited, it was on display this week when Crédit Agricole Italia issued is first green covered bond and more generally, the product attracts a wider investor base.

Bill Thornhill, March 11, 2021
Regulatory Capital

Tier twos gain traction in growing green FIG market

Bank issuers are increasingly interested in the idea of selling tier two bonds in green formats. But green additional tier ones are unlikely to bloom.

Tyler Davies, March 11, 2021
ABBs-Block Trades

Blocks shrink as sellers defend valuations

Increased turbulence in global equity markets has changed the way block trades are conducted in Europe, with smaller transactions coming to market in order to protect the price for sellers.

Sam Kerr, March 11, 2021
Regulatory Capital

Lancashire prints debut subordinated bond

Lancashire Holdings issued its first subordinated bond this week, a Reg S dollar tier two. There has been a near complete absence of insurance capital trades from the euro and dollar markets so far this year, but bankers are confident that more will follow.

Frank Jackman, March 11, 2021
LevFin People and Markets

Etrading targets Luddite loan trading market with software

Etrading Software has launched a system to ramp up the efficiency of loan trading, enabling dealers to strip out the motley collection of spreadsheets, emails, instant messages still used in the market and centralise crucial information ahead of executing loan trades.

Owen Sanderson, March 11, 2021
Investment Grade Loans

Loan volumes plunge as cash-rich corporates shy away

Europe’s high grade loan bankers are facing a dour end to the first quarter, with volumes down 40% as M&A deals collapse and spendthrift corporates sit on piles of cash.

Mike Turner, March 11, 2021
Sovereigns

Lagarde promises to Pepp up govvies

The European Central Bank has delivered its latest monetary policy decision, promising an increase to the pace of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp). Market participants were eager to see a tangible demonstration of support in light of the harsh sell-off of the last month.

Lewis McLellan, March 11, 2021
Emerging Market Loans

PIF comes to loan market for $15bn revolver

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, has signed a $15bn multi-currency revolving credit facility with a syndicate of 17 international banks. Loan market conditions, participants said, are still attractive for borrowers, despite a drought of deals over the last year.

Mariam Meskin, March 11, 2021
SRI

NZIF ‘a game changer’ says UK pension leader

This week 35 investors with $8.5tr of assets — many of them UK and Nordic pension funds — launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, a primer for investors wanting to decarbonise their portfolios. Faith Ward, chair of the Institutional Investors’ Group on Climate Change, answers some key questions for GlobalCapital about why the Framework is important and how it will be implemented.

Jon Hay, March 11, 2021
Equity-Linked

Helios Towers places debut convertible to fund M&A

Helios Towers, the Africa-focused telecoms infrastructure company, has sold a new $250m convertible bond to finance its pipeline of tower assets.

Aidan Gregory, March 11, 2021
Asia

ADB ends decade-long Panda hiatus with tightly priced bond, adds diversity to Chinese market

The Asian Development Bank broke a decade-long absence from China’s domestic market to price a Rmb2bn ($307m) Panda bond at a record low spread this week. Its assistant treasurer told GlobalCapital that the multilateral development bank is open to selling longer dated and green renminbi-denominated deals. Addison Gong reports.

Addison Gong, March 11, 2021
Asia

Female empowerment in gift form

I have been told that March 8 was International Women's Day. It’s a relatively new one to me, but I applaud the efforts people are making to celebrate the hardworking women in our lives.

Taipan, March 11, 2021

...

2382

2383

2384

2385

2386

...

31062