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E.ON squeezes pricing on €1.6bn deal but pays in attrition
◆ German utility brings two tranches including green ◆ Orders prove more resilient in green tranche ◆ Both legs priced near fair value
◆ Hybrid books hold firm as senior sales shed ◆ Both tranches land far through fair value ◆ Telefónica achieves tight senior/sub spreads
Mediolanum commences smaller European banks' funding drive
◆ Italian lender becomes first lower tier bank issuer to price this year ◆ Deal launched into 'issuer's market' and benefits from tight price versus national champions ◆ Ayvens issues first green bond in its current form
Ile-de-France brushes off politics to price 10 year next to curve
◆ Issuer tests appetite with two stage tightening ◆ New issue concession estimated ◆ Buyers pile into Wallonia's shorter tranche
◆ Hybrid books hold firm as senior sales shed ◆ Both tranches land far through fair value ◆ Telefónica achieves tight senior/sub spreads
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Issuance 34% ahead of last year’s opening week -
New issue premiums were slim for the LatAm sovereign duo
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Secondary market performance gave Austrian agency confidence to print
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◆ Almost €6bn raised across seven tranches ◆ 12 years is the 'sweet spot' for supply ◆ Single digit concessions offered
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◆ Deal is first from updated sustainability bond framework and follows social debut from 2025 ◆ Earlier return to euros than previous years ◆ Minimal concession paid
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More convertibles expected after strong fund performance
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Implementation necessary after wide-ranging changes last year
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Bank's head of DCM and syndicate chief talk bond market expansion plans
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Loans bankers wary of potential overbuilding amid Europe data centre growth
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Scope of UK regulation set to be more restricted than EU equivalent
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German government will spend €108bn on military next year
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Taxonomy alignment and credible transition plans could be more important for issuers
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Sustainable finance chief leaves Nomura for opportunity in fast-growing region enthusiastic to cut emissions
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Country saw surge in syndicated lending volumes in 2025 and this year is expected to be just as strong
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First exclusively Estonian securitization the European Investment Bank has supported
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Debt financing to become more sophisticated as the race to build data centres across Europe heats up
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JP Morgan sole bookrunner on first jumbo block in a month
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The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing the two picks by US president Joe Biden to advance to the Senate floor. The restoration of consumer protection initiatives removed under the Trump administration is expected to follow a successful confirmation by Chopra.
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Short sellers get a lot of stick, whether it is Elon Musk taunting them, an army of Redditors squeezing them or the corporations they target otherwise harassing, suing and investigating them. But they play a vital part in capital markets, as underlined by the Greensill affair — where the finance firm’s private status meant that for too long it could hide from the accountability that short sellers can help deliver.
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Davy, the Irish brokerage firm, has shut its bond desk with immediate effect following a damning investigation by the Central Bank of Ireland which found a group of employees breached markets regulation for personal financial again over a period of two years.
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First deal of its kind more than 1.5 times subscribed
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Deal complexity, new issuer premium sees trade start more than 100bp wide of last WBS
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Gym franchise wants to refinance paper issued in 2022
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