Ongoing technical supports ensured that the few financial institutions venturing into the primary market this week were rewarded with successful outcomes, but while recent credit events have been digested, tight valuations ...
Issuers hit receptive market as fears recede but latest episode prompts pragmatism
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Alpha Bank’s inaugural green bond and first senior issuance since it regained investment grade status, a €500m six non-call five senior preferred bond, attracted a peak book above €3bn and final book above €2.5bn at ...
Alpha green debut gets ‘phenomenal’ book in IG return
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After a time-out to digest the game-changing German fiscal package, European financial institutions issuance resumed on Monday, with investors still willing to put liquidity to work and enjoy the higher yields on offer, but ...
Game on, but pricing rules have changed as investors guard against uncertain world
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The primary market’s strength shows no signs of easing, allowing banks to comfortably achieve size and price across euros and US dollars, as evinced by ballooning order books and absence of new issue concessions for the ...
Unbalanced, undersupplied market allows issuers to go from blackouts to blow-outs
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BBVA Mexico switched from its typical 15 year non-call 10 structure to a 10 non-call five for its latest Tier 2 issue on Wednesday, a $1bn (MXN20bn, €967m) 144A/Reg S transaction that attracted a peak $5.4bn of orders, ...
BBVA Mexico makes successful Tier 2 shift
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Record AT1 supply last month reflected not only demand- but also supply-side factors, notably 2025 having the busiest calendar for calls yet, thanks to the accumulation of issuance over the past decade. As such, the activity ...
September sets AT1 record ahead of 2025 peak, bringing par call strategies to the fore
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Crédit Agricole Assurances attracted over €3.4bn of demand to a new €750m long 10 year bullet Tier 2 issue on Tuesday, allowing for pricing at a minimal new issue premium and setting up nicely a parallel tender for two ...
CAA Tier 2 hits the spot after Allianz wows
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With a first US rate cut now nailed-on, European banks this week lapped up demand from investors seeking high beta products in dollars and euros, and nowhere more so than in the AT1 market, while insurance and emerging names ...
Yield-hungry investors pile into AT1 pack at tight levels as Fed ignites FIG fireworks
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Having been caught off guard by Macron’s Sunday night gamble, markets’ reaction to the risks this threatens to unleash were initially modest, but fears escalated through the week such that by Thursday they were ...
Macron puts Powell in the shade as markets recoil at prospect of RN, torpedoing supply
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