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Nordea Bank equals tight tier two in 'constructive window'
◆ Deal is joint tightest in the asset class since October 2021 ◆ Finishes with larger book than Nordea's November 2025 outing ◆ 'Flight to quality', outright rates and search for sub paper power strong outcome
Universal Music, Alstom and Sanctuary Group among those lining up euro and sterling trades
ADB joins seven year party with €1.25bn green deal
◆ Supra prices inside peers’ seven year deals ◆ Slim NIP paid after 3bp tightening ◆ ‘Very strong day’ for SSA market
Alstom rides hybrid demand with €700m inaugural EuGB
◆ French rail group skips guidance after books top €4.5bn ◆ Issuer tightens spread sharply and increases deal size ◆ Hybrid format helps strengthen IG rating
Universal Music, Alstom and Sanctuary Group among those lining up euro and sterling trades
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was the latest public sector agency to head to the euro market this week as it raised €1.5bn on Wednesday with a 10 year benchmark. While the deal was fully subscribed, the order book was not huge and the pricing did not tighten from guidance, indicating that the market may be slowing. -
The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) and local councils should sell social bonds to help tackle the Covid-19 crisis, said a director for responsible investment at a large asset manager.
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Germany’s Finanzagentur has outlined plans to sell its first syndicated bonds since 2015, with a new 15 year in May and a reopening of an existing 30 year bond in June. It said further syndications could follow in the second half of the year as it comes to terms with a much bigger funding programme in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
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This week's intense spate of corporate bond issuance in Europe continued into Friday, though at a slightly more moderate pace, and the broadening of access continued, with the first sub-benchmark deal, for Red Electrica, the Spanish power grid. However, a Leaseplan green bond did not fly.
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Three European supranationals sold bonds this week with a specific focus on supporting its member countries from the coronavirus outbreak as public sector borrowers maintain their vital role in providing emergency financing to tackle the crisis.
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The bank has been added to DNB's list of registered covered bond issuers
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Issuance will be lower in June as yields rise
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Amazon’s Swiss debut and Alphabet’s first yen deal jolted debt markets this week
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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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Increased investor interest in utilities hybrids could bring down subordination premium, says SSE treasurer
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Divisions deepen over multilateral development banks’ climate commitments
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◆ UK utility prints €1.3bn dual trancher ◆ Issuer skips guidance as it masses orders north of €10bn ◆ Longer call leg draws stronger demand
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Inclusion of a variable rate instrument was not acceptable to official creditors
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Thibaut Makarovsky, head of funding and market operations at AFD, discusses his recent dollar trade and funding plans
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It is not clear what needs to be restructured, and the coming debt analysis may lack credibility
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Sovereign bond print went ahead despite missile and drone attacks just before pricing
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Choosing the right tools mitigates the risk of spiraling bills
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It's not the juniors in capital markets who need protecting from obsolescence. They stand to benefit most from the deployment of AI
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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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