Nvidia's $25bn seven-tranche offering matched Meta’s issuance in late April which are only smaller than Amazon’s $37bn print from March

Bond market's leading performers recognised at GlobalCapital's annual awards ceremony

The Hong Kong dollar bond market is evolving beyond being one exclusively of private placements to one where public issuance of varying sizes and maturities is becoming more common. The greater frequency of public issuance is leading to more opportunities for investors and issuers alike. Sustaining this growth will require a bigger variety of asset classes, and more diversified local and international participation. GlobalCapital assembled a group of investors and issuers from across the bond market to discuss this burgeoning market and the progress they want to see from it in the future.

◆ Anglian Water finds attractive pricing in euros ◆ Iberdrola pays small NIP on dual tranche EuGB ◆ Statnett and EEW Energy bring single tranche green deals

PKO is the fourth Polish bank to debut in the tier two market in the last year

◆ Island region prices €500m sustainable 10 year ◆ Spread tightened 5bp from guidance after book grew ◆ Banker away from deal sees no congestion drag

Hybrid capital is open to the big US tech companies. But who needs an umbrella when the sun is shining?

The bank has been added to DNB's list of registered covered bond issuers

Issuance will be lower in June as yields rise

Amazon’s Swiss debut and Alphabet’s first yen deal jolted debt markets this week

Artificial intelligence is changing the investment banking game. But banks are divided on whether to cut costs or try and win more deals

The US bank is showing its global credentials at a time of increased transatlantic tensions but European banks are equal to the challenge

London’s investment trusts have been tapping a deep pool of equity capital earmarked for green-linked deals. On Friday, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT), the UK-listed energy efficiency investor, closed a £160m raise, £60m more than its original target and on the same day Greencoat UK Wind, the investment trust focused on UK wind farms, launched a £197.6m follow-on.

ESG Core Investments has become the first European special purpose acquisition company to go public in 2021.

Renewable energy companies have rushed to the European equity capital markets in 2021 to issue about $2.3bn of paper, according to Dealogic data. The figure is by far the best ever start to a year for green equity issuance, and with investor demand for paper increasing, sources predict there will be much more supply to meet it.

Deutsche Bahn rolled into the Swedish krona market this week to sell its biggest non-euro deal since 2012.

Pension Insurance Corp (PIC) has given Livin Housing a further £30m of private placement funding, after lending the housing association in England’s County Durham £65m in April 2019. Market participants have told GlobalCapital that several other housing associations are readying private placement deals for the next few months.

The European Covered Bond Council is to launch its energy-efficient mortgage label on Friday with a virtual event. The label will act as a “lighthouse” for all stakeholders, marking a clear way towards a green housing renovation revolution, the ECBC’s Luca Bertalot told GlobalCapital on Tuesday.

Investors were impressed with how the region's issuers have dealt with the crisis

Book coverage ratio was in the same area as Gulf banks' pre-Iran war euro issuance

Bankers eye Warsh's debut, private credit and stretched equity valuations

US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions

The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East

Redwood will be a repeat issuer