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Swedbank outmanoeuvres hurdles to set sterling record for callable senior bail-in
◆ Issuer finds window between political volatility and supply onslaught ◆ Deal sets record low spread for callable sterling senior bail-in debt ◆ Investors remain on board despite tight price
◆ First IG corporate SLB of the year ◆ Deal lands at tight end of guidance ◆ Interest in SLB format on the slide
Mizuho suffers rough attrition on tight two-part bond
◆ Deal unaffected by Japanese macro volatility, lead said ◆ Aggressive pricing led to heavy long-end attrition ◆ Continuing trend of heavy supply for dual tranche holdco senior trades
Fluvius garners whopping demand for €650m green bond
◆ Belgian utility goes for 10 year paper ◆ Issuer set final size at guidance ◆ Deal skims through fair value
◆ First IG corporate SLB of the year ◆ Deal lands at tight end of guidance ◆ Interest in SLB format on the slide
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New product 'ticks boxes' including more investor diversification for Paris-based supranational, which also sold its largest Kangaroo
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◆ UK lender raises $4.5bn-equivalent in five senior holding company tranches this week ◆ Both deals target long dated funding ◆ Despite secondary widening, euro offering lands with hardly any premium
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◆ Insurance companies anchor long dated green tranche with near-4% yield ◆ Curve extension debated ◆ Deal comes amid widening secondary spreads but lands with negligible premium
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Newfoundland prints 20 year, Crédit Agricole debuts a green covered bond
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Sterling deal securitizes two data centres in Slough
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Singapore’s UOB has appointed Eric Lim as its chief sustainability officer, a newly created position to support the bank’s focus on ESG, which got a fresh impetus this week with the sale of the lender’s first sustainability bond.
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CLOs have 'by nature' a limited exposure to the industries commonly excluded under ESG criteria, meaning their investment flexibility will be preserved, despite the exclusions appearing in more and more deal documents. This bodes well for the growth of ESG screening in the US CLO market, which has lagged behind other markets, with only 10 deals so far featuring the language, according to Deutsche Bank.
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The G20’s Financial Stability Board is cranking up its action on climate change again now that Donald Trump is no longer US president. This will feed the hopes of some sustainable finance supporters who want the FSB to drive progress on issues including environmental accounting.
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The equity market — and beyond — has been puzzling over how Deliveroo, one of the most anticipated IPOs of the year, could have suffered so badly in trading on its first day on Wednesday. Some blamed ESG concerns about the working conditions of the firm's delivery riders, others the dual class-share structure but the simplest explanation was that Deliveroo came at the wrong end of an IPO market that was losing steam.
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Deliveroo and its shareholders raised £1.5bn this week. The IPO was a dog, priced at the bottom of its range and falling 20% on its debut. But it’s hard to feel sympathy for the investors.
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The IPO market looked on in despair on Wednesday as Deliveroo, the UK food delivery company, began trading. The stock fell more than 20% in early trading and shell-shocked bankers fear that IPOs planned for after Easter may have to be put on hold. Sam Kerr reports.
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◆ Second ever bond for the issuer ◆ Deal marketed to both SSA and credit investors ◆ Offers potential for tightening on the back of southern European convergence trade
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BSTDB has had a tricky time since Russia attacked Ukraine, both of which are shareholders
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Commodities trader halves its stake for £132m after shares soar
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◆ Deal follows NextEra’s euro hybrid debut last year ◆ Eight year tranche draws the larger book ◆ More Reverse Yankee issuance expected to follow
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The familiar problem of inter-creditor opacity has also reappeared
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'Hard to classify' Italian corporate trade being marketed to FIG and SSA accounts
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Craig Coben examines whether it is true that no good deed goes unpunished
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Investors and bankers grapple with 24% fall in Bitcoin since deal was rated
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Investment banking travel was a relentless grind, not gold card access to global glamour
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Eight banks provided loan facility to company
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Vaccine bond programme to issue $1.5bn this year but needs new pledges
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