◆ Receptive but crowded FIG market requires concessions for funding to clear ◆ BBVA goes big with its first SP in more than two years ◆ Bawag issues first bond after PTSB acquisition

◆ KfW sells another green deal in active year for the label ◆ Less than 2bp NIP paid this time ◆ FMO prices in line with MuniFin, Tennet NL

◆ Sovereign brings new 12 year after recent yield sell-offs ◆ Books in line with recent green BTPs ◆ Both real and fast money accounts active

◆ ESB returns after three years with debut EuGB ◆ Ericsson draws bigger book with wider spread and shorter duration ◆ Both companies pay small NIPs

◆ Crossover credit sells second senior SLB of 2026 ◆ Deal lands tight to secondaries and peers ◆ Proceeds to refinance 2028 convertible maturity

◆ Issuer's joint-tightest spread since 2020 ◆ Constructive backdrop helped execution, says lead ◆ Busy primary market expected on Tuesday

European institutions are at risk of having to bail out countries in the Balkans that take out loans from China that come with strings attached but which often fail to deliver the promised infrastructure projects, experts have warned

After initially falling behind the pace set by the European Investment Bank, the EBRD has this week accelerated its target to align with the Paris Agreement on climate change by the end of next year

The UK government is launching a complete review of its securitization regulations in parallel with the European Union’s ambitions to reform the market. Sustainability, the 'simple, transparent and standardised' label, SME funding and risk retention are all under the microscope.

Frontier currency bonds issued by development finance institutions have outperformed emerging market indices over the past three years, according to a report published by fund manager TCX this week.

The European Commission is on the verge of launching its new sustainable finance strategy — the first major fresh initiative since the Sustainable Finance Action Plan of 2018. GlobalCapital has seen a leaked draft, which reveals that the EU will explore whether to create official labels for transition bonds and sustainability-linked bonds, whether to regulate green mortgages, and how to reinforce investors’ responsibility for the effects of their investments.

Hungary, Poland and Romania are ranked in the top quarter of a new index of financial risk. Nomura says that countries should act now to reduce the risk of a crisis hitting within the next three years.

Deal multiple times oversubscribed as investors buy into electrification and AI story

◆ Another French agency brings early autumn deal ◆ International investors show support ◆ Priced to ensure performance

Shareholders sell down holdings in AutoStore and Orsted, as shipping company opens books ahead of Athens parallel listing

Société Générale and Standard Chartered provided euro and yen tranches respectively in first World Bank-backed transaction involving the Japanese currency

EM debt investors had largely expected a debt treatment would be required

Belgian car leasing company taps four banks and three investment firms

As war drags on, banks are boosting hoards of cash after deposit outflows

The euro tranche is a refi of a bond maturing later in September

Having to rate money-guzzling Anthropic and OpenAI will test the agencies’ nerve

US dollar market bursts to life after Labor Day holiday

Bankers welcome third and fourth deal in two weeks

◆ Pharma firm returns to euros after two years away ◆ Some concession needed for slim covered deal ◆ Koninklijke Philips adds to biotech flow