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European banks are being urged to use a wide open dollar market before the US Federal Reserve hikes rates later this year, with Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS already lining up dollar additional tier one trades, writes Tom Porter. -
A pair of North American financial names took advantage of strong demand for shorter dated floating rate Australian dollar paper this week.
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High-grade US dollar FIG issuance broke records for July as banks dominated the calendar.
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US Treasury markets weakened from Wednesday, continuing a pullback that preceded a Federal Open Market Committee announcement but with the yield curve flattening further on Thursday amid a mixed response to strong GDP data.
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RBS runs out of Myles — Barclays folds ABS into credit — Citi raids Deutsche for ECM — Deutsche reignites European derivs with index trader — UniCredit looks internally for HY — MBS litigation vet joins Carlton Fields — Macquarie MD heads to CommonBond
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Credit Suisse’s new CEO has signalled a commitment to the bank's corporate finance business. But he will need to invest in it, writes David Rothnie.
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Royal Bank of Scotland will begin a roadshow for a long awaited additional tier one (AT1) debut on Monday that will be dollar denominated and might feature multiple tranches.
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With earnings season in the US continuing, the volatility surface for some individual equities has begun to show signs of elevated interest despite muted index activity.
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Problems in Chinese and emerging market economies have become the biggest fear for credit investors for the rest of 2015, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s July Credit Investor Survey – having not featured at all as a concern in the bank’s May poll.
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Rabobank enjoyed its visit to the dollar market for tier two debt on Tuesday, paying both a lower spread and new issue premium than it would have in euros.
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China concerns have failed to dissuade European corporate borrowers from going about their capital markets business this week, with a number of bonds in the works and acquisition loans progressing.
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US Treasury markets pulled back on Tuesday, reversing direction from the previous session’s rally, as nervousness crept in ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee announcement on Wednesday.
