US market remains the model as template issuance takes shape

◆ AFT's Antoine Deruennes says 'clear message' showed demand for 30 year ◆ Speedy execution before US employment data ◆ Green OAT syndication next

◆ Refi deal came as issuer prepares IPO ◆ Deal extends the insurer's tier two curve by 10 years ◆ 'Strong bid' for Iberian FIG credit, says rival banker

◆ Portuguese utility firm powers up EuGB curve ◆ Sub-benchmark trade's book proves sticky ◆ Deal lands through fair value

◆ €500m 4NC3 EuGB deal priced inside fair value ◆ Greenium helps tighten spreads amid strong demand ◆ Landmark trade cements bank's ESG leadership, says treasurer

◆ Austrian lender completes its tightest unsecured debt since the start of war in Ukraine… ◆ …as BPM achieves its lowest ever senior spread ◆ High attrition function of premium and outright spread

London continues to benefit from metal price volatility

Latest issue rides on coattails of big tech investment spree

Deal is backed by three data centers in Virginia, Illinois and Atlanta

Only one of Canada's big five banks has yet to publicly support new defence bank initiative

Hyperscaler earnings could become a crucial date for issuance funding calendars

Cologix taps private ABS for latest trade

Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns

Sovereign left little, if anything, on the table for investors

Observers have questioned why the country is issuing debt at this price

Deal will bring fourth major multilateral development bank to the market

The bank's regular appearances in primary markets stopped after Russia invaded Ukraine

The seven year dollar bond's yield will likely be one of the highest in CEEMEA in the last few years

Craig Coben examines whether it is true that no good deed goes unpunished

Investors and bankers grapple with 24% fall in Bitcoin since deal was rated

Investment banking travel was a relentless grind, not gold card access to global glamour

Debt purchasing firms are repeatedly hitting the high yield market to prepare their capital structures for the likely wave of portfolio sales as pandemic support schemes roll off, with France’s iQera the latest in the market. But some companies in the sector are in no position to refinance, such as Lowell which is effectively shut out of the market with its own credit concerns, raising questions about whether these companies can compete for post-Covid loan sales.

Norway’s Ministry of Finance has said it will apply tighter mortgage lending standards from next week after temporarily loosening them to support the economy. The move, which was not unexpected in light of the resilient state of the economy and stubbornly high house price inflation, will minimise mortgage defaults.

Chinese logistics company ZTO Express (Cayman) and biopharmaceutical firm Zai Lab wrapped up their secondary listings in Hong Kong on Tuesday.