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Sterling market braces for volatility as Starmer drama erupts
Rates and credit under pressure as battle to be UK prime minister looks set to heat up
The Gilt market is pricing a Labour leadership contest. The rates volatility market is conspicuously declining to join in
Ontario targets first 'resilience' bond as it pitches to host DSR Bank
Province will issue dedicated use of proceeds bond under new framework
Hyperscalers hog new funding lanes as capex bill explodes
Amazon’s Swiss debut and Alphabet’s first yen deal jolted debt markets this week
The Gilt market is pricing a Labour leadership contest. The rates volatility market is conspicuously declining to join in
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Mark Wheatcroft has been appointed Mizuho's head of sustainability for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a newly created post. His previous role as head of primary debt markets has been taken over by Guy Reid. -
Vattenfall, the Swedish state power company, issued its second green bond on Thursday, to an enthusiastic reception from investors, who drove the €500m note’s pricing very close to the issuer’s curve.
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Transition bonds, one of the hottest talking points of the past year in the green bond market, made a decisive step forward this week when Cadent Gas, the UK’s largest gas distributor, issued a €500m deal that attracted large orders from environmentally concerned investors, even though some green bond funds shunned it. Jon Hay reports.
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Green deals from Hypo Vorarlberg and Russian Railways were sold in Swiss francs this week in what were immensely tricky conditions. The market was awash with deals in January and February, but many feel the spread of coronavirus will bring a halt to the momentum moving into March.
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New emerging market bond issues are being assessed on a case by case basis as a split between those issuers keen to forge ahead and those preferring to delay emerges.
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Cadent Gas launched what by some counts is only the second transition bond on Wednesday and achieved a stellar reception in the market. The €500m no-grow bond was priced without a new issue concession and tightened sharply on the break, according to a banker on the deal.
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Artificial intelligence is changing the investment banking game. But banks are divided on whether to cut costs or try and win more deals
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The US bank is showing its global credentials at a time of increased transatlantic tensions but European banks are equal to the challenge
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FIG issuers have shown that investors are ready to absorb all the supply that comes their way
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Investor tells GlobalCapital it liked the portfolio’s diversity, data depth and sustainability impact
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Bank’s €1bn transaction is most granular so far and found new buyers
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World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
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Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
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◆ First dollar benchmark from World Bank since October 2025 ◆ 'Remarkable' size and spread achieved ◆ IDA jumps through hoops to issue SEC exempt deal
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New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords
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Trade backed by lease, power purchase agreements as sector navigates regulatory changes
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Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months
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Growing worries about inflation and interest rate rises not putting investors off EM debt, yet
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◆ British lender fixed spread and deal size from outset ◆ Order book closed at over two times the deal size ◆ Fixing terms enabled faster execution, the lender said
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◆ Sterling trade was lender's third tranche of covereds this year ◆ 48bp was in line with fair value, a banker said ◆ Santander UK's first sterling covered since May 2025
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US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
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The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East
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Redwood will be a repeat issuer
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