Investors are underestimating the risks that accompany the shift from an era of quantitative easing to quantitative tightening, according to David Riley, chief investment strategist at BlueBay Asset Management, who says ...
BlueBay: Beware risks of QT
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Julien de Saussure, fund manager at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (France), explains the key metrics by which he judges new Restricted Tier 1 issuance, and the pros and cons of the instrument versus bank Additional ...
Investor viewpoint: RT1 a welcome pick-up
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SCOR opened the US dollar market for Restricted Tier 1 (RT1) on 6 March, with a $625m perpetual non-call 11 transaction that attracted $3.75bn of orders. Bertrand Bougon, head of ratings and capital, and Gabriel Hauvette, ...
SCOR FIRES US$ START1NG GUN
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Crédit Agricole Assurances opened the euro insurance sub debt market for 2018 with a EUR1bn 30NC10 Tier 2 issue that attracted over EUR5bn of demand on 22 January. Crédit Agricole Assurances (CAA) CFO Clément Michaud and ...
CAA message, reopener resonate with investors
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Belfius Bank inaugurated Belgian senior non-preferred debt with a Eu750m five year deal on 5 September that attracted EUR2.3bn of demand from 150 investors. Ellen Van Steen, head of long term funding at Belfius, discusses ...
Belfius EUR750m inaugurates Belgian senior non-preferred
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Caixa Geral de Depósitos in March completed possibly the most anticipated Additional Tier 1 issue of the past year, in a deal that was key to unlocking an EC-agreed recapitalisation and restructuring plan, and which ...
CGD: AT1 unlocks the future
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CNP Assurances launched the first Tier 3 transaction under Solvency II in the euro market on 12 October. Here, Jean-Philippe Médecin, director for ALM and funding, and Stéphane Trarieux, funding department, at the French ...
CNP Assurances: Tier 3 open for business
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Woori Bank launched the first foreign currency perpetual Basel III-compliant AT1 from South Korea on 20 September, a US$500m perpetual non-call five deal. Here, Young Ho Suh, executive (pictured), and Hee Seung Yea, team ...
Woori Bank: Perpetual first
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Axa reopened the euro hybrid insurance sector on 23 March to sell its first new subordinated issue since 2014, a Eu1.5bn 31.25NC11.25 Tier 2 deal. Here, Nicolas Benhamou-Rondeau, Axa head of funding and capital markets ...
Axa: Quality return after volatility
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