Sterling deal securitizes two data centres in Slough

International interest for German paper has grown

◆ Dutch lender's latest €2.5bn senior holdco follows Aussie domestic senior foray ◆ Comes a day after $1.5bn AT1 and before green RMBS ◆ Demand for senior unsecured assets is strong as ING clears big funding with limited, if any, new issue concession

◆ Issuer's first green benchmark in 2026 ◆ Blended premium estimated ◆ Central bank/official institution allocations 'notable and high' for green label

Bankers insist sustainability-linked loans are here to stay

◆ Demand sticky despite tight pricing ◆ Trade performing in secondary ◆ Tight senior/sub spread spotted

Only one of Canada's big five banks has yet to publicly support new defence bank initiative

Hyperscaler earnings could become a crucial date for issuance funding calendars

Cologix taps private ABS for latest trade

Chemical sector's growing uncompetitiveness a problem when it comes to attracting investment in the capital markets

Canada throwing full weight behind plan for new multilateral lender for defence funding

Second Canadian lender to declare official support for embryonic SSA issuer as government takes lead on establishing new entity

Banks providing reserve-based lending facilities to oil exploration companies are looking to sell these loans, usually held and refinanced as ultra-secure relationship products, at bargain basement prices.

There will probably have been quieter inductions into a new job. Nathan Piper has joined Investec as an equity researcher to cover upstream oil and gas.

Asia’s third online-only IPO was launched this week, confirming that virtual roadshows are a new normal for the region’s equity capital markets amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Companies elsewhere should take heed.

There has been much discussion since the financial world went into lockdown about how life in the capital markets will change once governments lift restrictions. Chief among those concerns has been whether the usual business of putting deals together needs to burn the Bacchanalian quantities of jet fuel and waste the many hours lurking around airports that capital markets air miles enthusiasts were doing before Covid-19 grounded them. If that is to change, borrowers and investors need to make it happen.

Akesobio, a Chinese biopharmaceutical firm, has launched an online-only roadshow for its up to HK$2.58bn ($332.9m) IPO amid numerous country-wide lockdowns globally to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Credit Suisse has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory group in its investment banking and capital markets division, becoming the latest firm to launch a dedicated green corporate finance coverage effort.

Investors and bankers grapple with 24% fall in Bitcoin since deal was rated

Investment banking travel was a relentless grind, not gold card access to global glamour

Books were nearly three times the issue size

Eight banks provided loan facility to company

Vaccine bond programme to issue $1.5bn this year but needs new pledges

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