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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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◆ Infrequent issuers achieve tight pricing... ◆ ...but lose a third of orders ◆ Investors may demand more NIP on deals from next week -
Deals price tightly to Western European peers, with high-spread Icelandic banks performing the most
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The country is one of the most vulnerable in EM to energy price shocks
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◆ ING brings its first euro capital trade of 2026 ◆ Fair value debated ◆ ING's and Intesa's tier two deals were "not a competition"
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◆ Mercedes-Benz prints its first euro public deal of 2026 ◆ Traton's debut green bond pays small NIP ◆ Both issuers tapped euro private placements this year
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The winning institutions and individuals will be revealed at the awards dinner on June 17 in London
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Sustainable securitization is moving into the mainstream, with a growing number of managers adopting ESG language in CLOs — usually through excluding specific industries from investment. What’s next in the green securitization revolution will depend on building a rigorous framework for assessing ESG factors and how to create standards. Paola Aurisicchio reports.
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Royal Dutch Shell was on the receiving end of a landmark court ruling last week that will compel the company to take profound climate change mitigation action. Not that you’d know from Shell’s bond curve. Time for fixed income investors to pull their heads out of the oil sand.
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Three unprecedented events this week — a landmark court ruling against Shell and shareholder revolts at Chevron and ExxonMobil — signalled that investors and society at large have rejected the oil industry’s early attempts at joining the low carbon transition and are looking for much more radical action. Oil majors retain good access to capital markets, but the clock is ticking. Jon Hay reports.
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Belarus this week gave investors a chance to demonstrate the ESG credentials they are often so keen to trumpet. Few took it. Although the country’s sovereign bonds sold off in the wake of the controversial arrest of a journalist on Sunday, investors gave a number of reasons why issues such as human rights violations were no deterrent to buying an issuer’s bonds. But there are signs those excuses may not hold up for ever, writes Mariam Meskin.
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Inside the office of Spondoolicks Emerging Market Bond Fund, May 24.
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A Dutch court has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell is partly responsible for climate change and must reduce its global carbon emissions — including those caused when customers burn its products — by 45% from 2019 levels by 2030. If the ruling is sustained on appeal it would cause a seismic shift in the balance of power on climate change, with huge implications for financial markets.
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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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Syndicated Loan Awards 2025: Crédit Agricole CIB: Driving France’s loan market and ESG transition
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Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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