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Power, politics and patience: what it takes to reach the top of an investment bank
The processes of choosing a new Pope and someone to run Crédit Agricole’s CIB may have more in common than you think
Relief at absence of full scale panic is clouding equity investors’ judgement
FIG market goes into senior overdrive as it plays post-tariffs 'catch-up'
◆ HSBC, NatWest, Société Générale print similar dual tranche senior deals ◆ 'No canibalisation' despite €8bn concentrated supply ◆ Bid for duration on all deals
CEB draws high quality book for $1bn three year
US Treasury market 'really moving' during execution, according to issuer
Relief at absence of full scale panic is clouding equity investors’ judgement
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A2A and Europcar have both had to pay step-up coupons on sustainability-linked bonds — more could follow in coming months -
Google owner returns to dollar market for first time since 2020 for joint tightest 30 year spread ever
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Lenders in Nordics say there is pressure to sign deals before 90 day US tariff reprieve ends
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The company has refinanced and increased its loan by another €100m
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◆ European and US growth figures released during bookbuilding ◆ Demand proves decent for EDF ◆ Worries bubble up that market is not pricing in risk properly
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◆ €5bn of green tap executed quickly ◆ Syndications over for 2025 ◆ Strong green demand confirmed
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Greenwashing taint can flow far through supply chains, or arise from unrelated activities
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With only a few poor IPO performers this year, the market is functioning, which will give succour to defence companies looking to list
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Capital still being poured into climate-harming technology
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One investor expects the oil firm's triple tranche deal will price at least flat to the sovereign
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Trade will test investor appetite for longer dated bonds, said one banker
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◆ Natixis’s sometimes requited love affair with elite M&A bankers ◆ What the French election could to ESG, and to the bank bond market
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◆ SLBs miss targets with hundreds more up for review ◆ US issuers make hay in European sunshine ◆ Banks probe longer dated debt issuance
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Treasury secretary’s speech called for big changes which other countries may not support
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German and Greek listings set to be first since US tariffs announced
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The country's first election since a military coup has passed peacefully
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Treasury secretary Bessent says US wants to stay in but reform international financial institutions
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Debut deal had club-style execution amid volatile markets and sector headwinds
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Entrepreneurship has been driven out by rule-following
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Being ‘flexible and fast’ proves key for public sector issuers amid uncertain market backdrop
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Direct lenders take the initiative as banks step back
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DocMorris announces Sfr200m rights issue expected in May
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Stock drops 17% in highly volatile market
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Deal follows steep share price fall
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CAF gearing up to transform regional development
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Emirates NBD Capital: An unrivalled conduit for Middle East liquidity
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ICO: a benchmark issuer in the European sustainable bonds market
