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Sterling market braces for volatility as Starmer drama erupts
Rates and credit under pressure as battle to be UK prime minister looks set to heat up
The Gilt market is pricing a Labour leadership contest. The rates volatility market is conspicuously declining to join in
Ontario targets first 'resilience' bond as it pitches to host DSR Bank
Province will issue dedicated use of proceeds bond under new framework
Hyperscalers hog new funding lanes as capex bill explodes
Amazon’s Swiss debut and Alphabet’s first yen deal jolted debt markets this week
The Gilt market is pricing a Labour leadership contest. The rates volatility market is conspicuously declining to join in
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Bertrand de Mazières is one of the best known and most respected figures in European debt capital markets. As director general of finance at the European Investment Bank (EIB), he oversees one of Europe’s most important bond issuers, a status not only due to the amount it issues each year, but also its role as a setter of standards and benchmarks for rest of the market — in good times and bad.
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BBVA has become the first bank to print a green additional tier one (AT1) deal. When it was issued this week, it proved that the demand for socially responsible investments (SRI) extends to the riskiest of asset classes, meaning other banks are certain to bring out their own versions of the trade, writes David Freitas.
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New sustainable DCM team at Citi — Deutsche picks Stergiou for new position — SMBC Nikko makes ABS trading hire
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Unédic came to the market for its third social bond on Thursday after making its debut in the format less than two months ago. The deal extends the French agency’s social curve out to 15 years and completes its €10bn explicitly guaranteed funding allowance for 2020.
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Insurance companies saw a favourable window of opportunity this week to sell subordinated debt. Assicurazioni Generali, Crédit Agricole Assurances and CCR Re benefited from the supportive backdrop to raise tier two bonds.
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Artificial intelligence is changing the investment banking game. But banks are divided on whether to cut costs or try and win more deals
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The US bank is showing its global credentials at a time of increased transatlantic tensions but European banks are equal to the challenge
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FIG issuers have shown that investors are ready to absorb all the supply that comes their way
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Investor tells GlobalCapital it liked the portfolio’s diversity, data depth and sustainability impact
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Bank’s €1bn transaction is most granular so far and found new buyers
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World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
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Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
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◆ First dollar benchmark from World Bank since October 2025 ◆ 'Remarkable' size and spread achieved ◆ IDA jumps through hoops to issue SEC exempt deal
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New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords
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Trade backed by lease, power purchase agreements as sector navigates regulatory changes
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Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months
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Growing worries about inflation and interest rate rises not putting investors off EM debt, yet
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◆ British lender fixed spread and deal size from outset ◆ Order book closed at over two times the deal size ◆ Fixing terms enabled faster execution, the lender said
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◆ Sterling trade was lender's third tranche of covereds this year ◆ 48bp was in line with fair value, a banker said ◆ Santander UK's first sterling covered since May 2025
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US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
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The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East
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Redwood will be a repeat issuer
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