Sterling

UniCredit and Korea Housing Finance Corporation have started the week of issuance with deal announcements

◆ Province's Greg Horan and Jason Lewis on new £1bn six year line ◆ Captured first-mover advantage ◆ Last minute pivot from US dollars to sterling paid off

◆ Björn Schlebach and Sven Wabbels on sterling trade ◆ Issuer held out for cross-currency to align ◆ Year's tightest Gilt print, at plus 4bp

◆ New sterling line, not headlines ◆ When the numbers finally work ◆ Three pillars hold the book

◆ Forth FIG issuer to bring sterling SNP this week ◆ Attractive pricing versus euros ◆ Dutch bank 'the type of credit that helps you sleep at night' says lead

◆ Week's third FIG sterling deal to take advantage of opportunistic Gilts arb this ◆ Issuer's second sterling deal this year ◆ Follows multi-tranche yen issuance across the capital stack

◆ Books reach more than £2.5bn for £1bn print ◆ Safe-haven Canadian credit in demand ◆ Light supply leaves cash waiting

◆ Issuer raises large size for the currency ◆ Pricing break through 100bp level ◆ Book stays almost intact despite macro volatility

◆ Issuer takes advantage of attractive sterling funding levels ◆ Printing during UK school holidays no problem for 'very well loved name' ◆ Sterling FIG senior undersupplied versus last year

Less frequent issuers making the most of market with strong bid for yieldy assets

Issuers encouraged to squeeze into bond market before mid-June by-election

◆ Bank refreshes own record from last September ◆ Deal's non-call 10 period unusually long for the sterling market ◆ Lack of sterling tier one supply attracts 'huge book'