UBS breathed life into the Additional Tier 1 market on 14 March with the first such issue in more than two months, making a move to sell a $1.5bn AT1 that was bold even if the asset class had been a beneficiary of European ...
UBS unlocks market as AT1 steps back from brink
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Deutsche Bank was at the eye of the storm that hit the Additional Tier 1 market in February when its outstanding securities fell to as low as the mid-60s because of fears about its ability to pay coupons, but was able to cap ...
Deutsche gets back on its feet after AT1 blow
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Crédit Agricole launched a tender offer for up to Eu2bn of euro and sterling high coupon Tier 2 bonds on 14 March. ...
Crédit Agricole tenders for Tier 2 amid reorganisation
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After a handful of deals in September, Additional Tier 1 (AT1) issuance in the last quarter of 2015 was confined to just one benchmark, but market participants said the lack of supply does not hold any negative implications ...
Happy AT1 returns seen despite quiet Q4
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Allied Irish Banks on 26 November launched the first Additional Tier 1 transaction in euros in two months, a Eu500m perpetual non-call five deal that came just a week after the Irish bank made its return to the subordinated ...
AIB in two step capital comeback
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Banco Santander launched its first subordinated transaction in eight months on 12 November, a $1.5bn (Eu1.38bn) 10 year bullet that represented a return to the US dollar Tier 2 market for the Spanish national champion. ...
Santander returns to US with $1.5bn T2
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Assicurazioni Generali on 20 October sold the largest euro-denominated insurance sub debt issue since March, a Eu1.25bn 32 year non-call 12 Tier 2 issue on that attracted almost Eu5bn of demand and helped the sector onto a ...
Generali Eu1.25bn Tier 2 impresses
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CNP Assurances and Scor SE provided some year-end cheer for the insurance sector at the beginning of December with Eu750m and Eu500m subordinated bond issues, respectively, that represented the first such benchmark euro ...
CNP, Scor in uplifting insurance coda
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Nordea attracted over Eu4.5bn of demand for a Eu750m (Skr7bn) 10 year non-call five Tier 2 issue on 2 November that was the first investment grade Tier 2 transaction since the beginning of September, paving the way for a ...
Nordea blowout reopens Tier 2 after hiatus
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