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Bond Deals of the Year: Investment grade corporates — Corporate issuers go hyperscale
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
Three new banks join facility, one drops out
Bond Deals of the Year: Financial institutions — FIG issuers find new ways into old markets
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
Bond Deals of the Year: Public sector borrowers — Debuts and derring-do define SSAs
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
Three new banks join facility, one drops out
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◆ Euronext pushes short end sale tight ◆ Smurfit Kappa secures demand with new issue premium ◆ US logistics firm GXO debuts in euros -
Demand to drop even though no cut in ESG prioritisation among borrowers
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◆ Second EuGB issuance for A2A this year ◆ Smaller book than January's debut EuGB ◆ Shares slide after 2035 capex plan increased
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◆ Private credit, banks or securitization — which one is regulated too lightly? ◆ How AI capex will affect Europe's bond market ◆ What do defence bonds achieve?
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Pan-European stock exchange shares what was behind its recent decision to launch a defence bond label, how it may help both issuers and investors, and what lies ahead
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The company suffered little order attrition despite 'aggressive' spread tightening
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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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Rocketing AI infrastructure spend set to drive more US tech giants to Europe for funding
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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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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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Serverfarm said to have put up $20m to get data center deal over the line
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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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Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development
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Sponsored by Emirates NBD Capital
Emirates NBD Capital: An unrivalled conduit for Middle East liquidity
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