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How to survive mixed up management
Investment banking is a competitive business, especially when it’s your bosses that are vying for your attention
◆ Safer credits prove popular in uncertain market ◆ Alliander sheds orders as it punches through fair value ◆ Argan ends near five year euro absence
NRW.Bank takes 'next step’ and embraces EuGBS
Inaugural European Green Bond Standard deal in the works as issuer remains committed to at least one green bond each year with or without new label
IFFIm dollar return shows impact paper still commands a bid
World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
◆ Safer credits prove popular in uncertain market ◆ Alliander sheds orders as it punches through fair value ◆ Argan ends near five year euro absence
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Red-hot corporate hybrid bond market could tempt more debut issuers -
◆ Sentiment improves after ceasefire extended ◆ Handelsbanken nears record tights ◆ Jyske Bank attracts €3.3bn of orders
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Japan’s sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) borrowers continue to be among the most highly regarded issuers in global debt markets, supported by strong credit fundamentals and deep domestic demand. But with a complex geopolitical background, diverging global monetary policies, the Bank of Japan’s policy signals, and recent elections in the country, issuers are operating in an unpredictable environment.
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◆ Rival banker had expected attrition but order book grew ◆ Sustainability bond CDC's first euro benchmark of year ◆ New issue premium estimated
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Bank completes more than half its annual funding before first quarter blackout
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◆ German grid funds capex drive with dual tranche hybrid ◆ Demand holds firm despite aggressive tightening ◆ Deals land close to fair value
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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
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Fund modelled on Romania’s Fondul has $2.4bn of assets
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State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating
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Shares in company, which manufactures underwater mine disposal drones, have risen by close to 50% this year
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Renewables can make Europe’s capital markets less vulnerable to energy price shocks
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High demand from institutional and retail investors for maker of Patriot missile components
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Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months
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The DRC has a poor governance record but that doesn't mean things will end in tears for its investors
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Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp
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The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors
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A piece of very rare African senior bank issuance could also come this week
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Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
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Deal raises questions about whether transaction was done at arm's length
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In an age of abundant information and opinion, where much of it is wrong, smart investment bankers can still be valuable to clients by embracing the complexity
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Bot claims funding is ‘cheaper than peers who borrow from independent banks or credit funds’
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Obvion has released investor reports for its outstanding RMBS transactions, including new tables on Covid-19 payment postponements, becoming the first ABS issuer to report payment moratoriums as a result of the outbreak.
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More UK councils are considering selling private placements, according to several sources familiar with the situation, as their funding needs escalate thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Institutional investors, some of which are sceptical of local authorities’ suitability for the US PP market, say they are more likely to consider lending to borrowers rich in assets.
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Marks & Spencer, the UK retailer, has negotiated with its lenders to relax the covenant testing on its £1.1bn revolving credit facility, as it tries to mitigate the effects of a pandemic that has sent its ratings crashing into junk territory.
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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