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Falling interest rates, returning inflows and a wave of pandemic-era redemptions mean CEEMEA bond market participants have high expectations for 2026. This optimism comes after a record-breaking year for issuance — and by quite some margin — meaning that 2025 will be a tough act to follow, writes George Collard
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With Latin America bond issuance smashing through its previous record, market participants think the peak has passed. A market tipped to turn tougher is the reason, which will make 2026 a year when issuers and bankers will have to earn every basis point, writes George Collard, with volumes expected to stay high
Falling interest rates, returning inflows and a wave of pandemic-era redemptions mean CEEMEA bond market participants have high expectations for 2026. This optimism comes after a record-breaking year for issuance — and by quite some margin — meaning that 2025 will be a tough act to follow, writes George Collard
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◆ Norwegian utility prints 13 year green bond ◆ Deal lands in the mid range of guidance ◆ Selective tone in a softer backdrop -
Issuer completes its final euro deal of 2025 and plans to hit the ground running in January across dollar, sterling and Swiss francs potentially
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◆ Flow picking up in quiet sterling market ◆ CMA's redetermination unlikely to change credit metrics for UK water companies ◆ Logistics real estate issuer kicks off euro green bond
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◆ Inaugural green bond for Belgian real estate ◆ Solid demand at allocation despite orderbook attrition ◆ Low single-digit new issue premium paid
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◆ Recent EU syndication provided encouragement ◆ Greenium debated ◆ ESG investors bolster orders
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A pair of Gulf issuers are considering adding to the resurgence in euro issuance from the region
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Bank's head of DCM and syndicate chief talk bond market expansion plans
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Loans bankers wary of potential overbuilding amid Europe data centre growth
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Scope of UK regulation set to be more restricted than EU equivalent
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German government will spend €108bn on military next year
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Taxonomy alignment and credible transition plans could be more important for issuers
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First-of-its-kind opinion lays out World Bank, ADB and shareholders’ obligations under international law
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Debt financing to become more sophisticated as the race to build data centres across Europe heats up
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JP Morgan sole bookrunner on first jumbo block in a month
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This week Tom Hall and Thomas Hopkins discuss how Enpal's return heated up the ABS market and take the CLO equity market's temperature
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Company's relationship banks provided the funding
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UK chancellor got the big things right in the Budget but made damaging unforced errors
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Emerging markets are particularly vulnerable to protests led by disgruntled youth
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Artificial intelligence is everywhere — but what is it doing? Capital market specialists think about it constantly, even if only because they are told to, with feelings ranging from delight to horror. Market participants are exploring myriad ways both to use AI, writes Jon Hay, and neutralise its risks
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December is a strange time to be in the capital markets. Embrace it
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This week a managing director deals with the awkwardness of their boss finding out they had been in contention for a job at another firm
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First deal of its kind more than 1.5 times subscribed
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Deal complexity, new issuer premium sees trade start more than 100bp wide of last WBS
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Gym franchise wants to refinance paper issued in 2022
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