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Stedin seals record senior/sub spread with green hybrid
◆ Deal smashes through previous record ◆ Longer tenor helps compress the spread ◆ Strong demand buoys hybrid market
◆ 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
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
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
◆ 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
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◆ 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
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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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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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Banks and other financial services firms continue to adapt to Brexit, with more than 400 firms estimated to have moved some part of their business to the EU.
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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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