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Bromford builds solid book for £250m SLB
◆ UK housing association starts at ‘conservative’ level to attract investors ◆ Deal offers some spread ◆ More domestic sterling supply expected ahead of UK Budget
◆ Stability leads to third day of FIG sterling issuance ◆ Rabo prints its first tier two four years ◆ BBVA completes first sterling senior bond since 2020
'The year is getting shorter': KfW brings 2026's final large benchmark
German agency has only €2bn to €2.5bn left to fund via smaller deals after €3bn green tap this week
DNB Bank pockets another tight €500m tier two
◆ Follows similar deal from regional peer Swedbank ◆ But earlier bond was already trading wide of reoffer ◆ Pricing prioritised, says banker off deal
◆ Stability leads to third day of FIG sterling issuance ◆ Rabo prints its first tier two four years ◆ BBVA completes first sterling senior bond since 2020
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A booming 2025 investment grade corporate bond market in Europe set a high bar as investors brace to pay higher premiums and shift to the belly of the curve in 2026. Meanwhile, capex, M&A and Reverse Yankees look set to keep the pipeline full, write Diana Bui and Frank Jackman -
The European FIG market rode through 2025 on high demand for credit, providing bank issuers, large and small, with extremely advantageous funding conditions. Although investors have also benefitted from strong secondary market performance, as Atanas Dinov reports, that equilibrium may change in 2026, with anticipation mounting that spreads will widen
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The CEEMEA primary bond market in 2025 shattered the record for bond issuance by some distance. Investors flocked to buy ahead of US interest rate cuts, meaning the market was open to just about every issuer. It is hard to find too many deals that were not a success, making this the pick of a very large crop
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Investment grade companies demonstrated just how much liquidity was sloshing around in the euro, dollar, sterling and Swiss franc markets with a string of large deals. But these bonds did not just stand out for the amount issued. Rather, they showed that there is not always a trade-off to be made between size and price
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With a relentless flow of cash into credit markets this year, almost every borrower could be said to have done well. But some issuers stood out for their ability to establish new footholds in certain markets that have since paved the way for peers
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The sovereign, supranational and agency bond market in 2025 featured a number of innovative debuts, bringing new issuers to this most venerable of asset classes. Meanwhile, some of its biggest names priced stellar deals, breaking records and pioneering new formats even in volatile markets
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Data center developer faces October deadline to repay 2021 ABS
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Leads consider dropping some seven year bonds, preserving five years
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◆ US food group funds M&A with first euro bond ◆ €500m no-grow draws more than €1.65bn at peak ◆ Tenor choice helps issuer find demand
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Triple-A notes were originally guided at mid to high 100s
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◆ Amazon adds sterling to funding tool kit ◆ Deal the second largest in the currency after Alphabet's own debut ◆ Trade prices tight but higher price needed for size
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◆ Five-part debut draws more than €21bn of peak orders ◆ Uber offers diversification from hyperscaler-heavy US supply ◆ Issuer leaves concessions on table to secure size
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Deal multiple times oversubscribed as investors buy into electrification and AI story
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◆ Another French agency brings early autumn deal ◆ International investors show support ◆ Priced to ensure performance
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Shareholders sell down holdings in AutoStore and Orsted, as shipping company opens books ahead of Athens parallel listing
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Société Générale and Standard Chartered provided euro and yen tranches respectively in first World Bank-backed transaction involving the Japanese currency
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EM debt investors had largely expected a debt treatment would be required
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Belgian car leasing company taps four banks and three investment firms
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As war drags on, banks are boosting hoards of cash after deposit outflows
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The euro tranche is a refi of a bond maturing later in September
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Having to rate money-guzzling Anthropic and OpenAI will test the agencies’ nerve
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US dollar market bursts to life after Labor Day holiday
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Bankers welcome third and fourth deal in two weeks
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◆ Pharma firm returns to euros after two years away ◆ Some concession needed for slim covered deal ◆ Koninklijke Philips adds to biotech flow
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Sponsored by Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Bond Awards 2026: Most Impressive Issuer in Africa — Republic of Cote d’Ivoire / Most Impressive Funding Official in Africa — Lancine Diaby
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Sponsored by Crédit Agricole CIB
Syndicated Loan Awards 2025: Crédit Agricole CIB: Driving France’s loan market and ESG transition
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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