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Market conditions have been shaky at times this year, and UK institutions in particular are under pressure as the country negotiates its departure form the EU. But Peter Doherty, managing partner and chief investment officer of Tideway Investment Partners, remains bullish on sterling hybrid debt.

NEX Group is set to pay $50m after settling with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over allegations that brokers in its subsidiary ICAP helped bank traders in their attempts to manipulate the USD ISDAFix benchmark.

The City has prepared as best it can for a no-deal Brexit, but it's not just the immediate effects it needs to worry about — the UK government’s disdain for the industry its Brexit planning will diminish UK-based financial services for many years, and the government doesn't seem to care.

The flotation of Aston Martin, the iconic British car company, is gathering pace in its second week of investor education, with buyers debating its potential value compared with legendary Italian car-maker Ferrari.

The Loan Market Association (LMA) and the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) have released an update to their guide on the Libor reforms, as the industry bodies look to lead the market through the “enormous task” of transitioning away from the pricing benchmark.

US firm Marsh & McLennan Companies will buy UK insurance company Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) for around £4.3bn, with a Goldman Sachs bridge loan due to do most of the deal’s heavy financial lifting.

Prudential plc on Tuesday announced plans to issue three tranches of long dated subordinated debt as it prepares to spin off M&G Prudential. The notes are set to feature a clause allowing the financial institution to transfer them to the proposed new holding company for its UK and European business.

Clydesdale was set to walk away with £500m of eight year non-call seven year debt this week, after its second sale of senior bonds out of its holding company.

Japanese issuers are not frequently seen in the European corporate bond markets, but this week could have two companies going head to head with benchmark euro transactions. Japan Tobacco will sell its first new issues in Europe, while Toyota is better known to investors on the continent.

HSBC Holdings took advantage of an open window for issuance in the Singapore dollar bond market, raising S$750m ($546m) from a Basel III-compliant additional tier one deal on Monday. But potential issuers still looking to tap the currency may need to adjust their expectations.

Shares in Investec, the Anglo-South African banking group, rose 8.7% on Friday after it announced that it had decided to spin off and list its asset management unit, following a strategic review.

Pension Insurance Corporation sold £350m of tier two capital in the sterling market on Friday, as UK issuers weather a period of ‘maximum uncertainty’ owing the UK’s departure from the EU.