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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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Singapore’s Park Hotel Group has sealed its maiden green loan, raising S$237m ($169m) from United Overseas Bank. -
The Arab Republic of Egypt has hired a group of international banks to arrange its debut green bond. Though the deal will be the first sovereign issue of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region, it adds to a string of green issuance from corporates and banks, which are developing a taste for ESG-linked debt.
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Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano is working on structuring a bond that would reflect its commitment to sustainability. But its chief financial officer told GlobalCapital that the green bond market was unable to maximise the impact capital markets could have on sustainability.
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Two SSA borrowers hit screens on Wednesday with green euro benchmarks, following a successful outing by Madrid, which saw the bond’s sustainability feature driving the spread to the tightest achieved at reoffer by a Spanish region.
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Cadent Gas, the UK gas distribution network spun off by National Grid in 2017, will roadshow from Tuesday next week for a €500m transition bond. The deal is likely to delight green bond specialists who have championed the idea of transition bonds as a way to finance companies that are not green, but are moving towards lower carbon business models.
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The Mexican finance ministry will visit fixed income investors in Europe next week to present the framework under which it hopes to issue bonds designed to finance expenditure in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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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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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
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