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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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Unédic is preparing to issue its second social bond following its debut trade in the format less than a month ago — itself the biggest social bond ever from any issuer. -
Sustainability bond bankers are batting around the idea of subverting usual practice by letting issuers price themed deals and then follow up with their green or social bond framework document after issuance. The idea is to hasten market access for issuers battling the effects of the coronavirus. But it could weaken sustainability standards.
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The Green Bond Principles organisation has released a set of principles for sustainability-linked bonds, the product invented and so far only used by Enel, in anticipation of an expected growing market. It has also revised the Social Bond Principles, taking account of lessons learned during the coronavirus crisis. But on transition bonds it has merely produced an unpublished update.
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Northern Powergrid, the UK energy distribution company, brought the longest sterling deal of the year so far with a 42 year trade on Tuesday, as syndicate bankers say that European investors are keen to see more long duration trades.
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The sustainability-linked loan market is drawing corporates away from the equivalent in bonds, with more companies looking to create environmental borrowing frameworks that are broad enough to allow them to print many types of debt under one document.
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KBC Group made use on Tuesday of strong investor appetite for green bonds, launching a callable senior deal with a negative new issue concession.
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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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