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BayernLB pushes green tier two funding through Covid era levels
◆ Landesbank returns to benchmark capital issuance for first time since 2021 ◆ Gathers attention of bigger investors in busy FIG market ◆ Italy's Banca Ifis completes first tier two foray in more than five years
◆ Issuer tests appetite with two stage tightening ◆ New issue concession estimated ◆ Buyers pile into Wallonia's shorter tranche
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
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
◆ Issuer tests appetite with two stage tightening ◆ New issue concession estimated ◆ Buyers pile into Wallonia's shorter tranche
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◆ Hybrid books hold firm as senior sales shed ◆ Both tranches land far through fair value ◆ Telefónica achieves tight senior/sub spreads -
Issuance 34% ahead of last year’s opening week
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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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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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A report that Jana Hecker, global head of equity syndicate and equity capital markets at UniCredit, had worked privately for Markus Braun, the imprisoned former CEO of Wirecard, stunned UniCredit employees on Friday afternoon when it appeared in the Financial Times.
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The Hong Kong regulator’s plan to overhaul the bookbuilding and allocation process for equity and bond deals has some worthy goals. But it is unnecessary for a market that has proven able to clean its own house.
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European investors have wholeheartedly embraced the EU’s Next Generation EU programme and piled into risky assets in anticipation of a swifter recovery. But rating agencies are less convinced, warning that only the substance and implementation of national recovery plans will determine the trajectory of European growth.
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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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