The European Central Bank announced the results of its Comprehensive Assessment of 123 banks’ capital on 2 November and the market was relieved that the results contained no major negative surprises. ...
ECB stress test results: keep calm & carry on
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Nordea achieved the lowest coupon on an AT1 with the first such issue from Sweden on 16 September, a $1.5bn (Eu1.16bn, Skr10.7bn) transaction split into two tranches that included a $1bn perpetual non-call five tranche ...
Nordea sets AT1 tight with Swedish first
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Hannover Re issued a Eu500m perpetual non-call 10.75 Tier 2 issue on 8 September that highlighted the strong market conditions for insurance companies bringing hybrid bonds. ...
Hannover Re T2 shows issuers’ market for insurers
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The AT1 market reopened only hesitantly after a difficult summer when the first new issue from the asset class, a Eu1.5bn deal from Santander, generated lukewarm demand and traded down in the aftermarket, although debut ...
AT1 restart tough, but HSBC revives sentiment
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German banks had been notable by their absence from the AT1 market until May, when Deutsche Bank launched the largest such issue yet. The asset class is now primed for further growth, with subordinated debt also coming in ...
Hybrids: Made in Germany
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Crédit Agricole and Société Générale played a key part in the development of the European deeply subordinated and hybrid capital market as it took off this year. Cheaper alternatives may deter AT1 supply from some ...
France: Droit au but
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Bank of Ireland sold its first benchmark Tier 2 offering since July 2008 in early June, a Eu750m 10 year non-call five that an official at the issuer said marked the bank’s full return to the market and its desire to move ...
Bank of Ireland normalises via Tier 2
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Credit Suisse achieved the tightest spread of an Additional Tier 1 in any currency when it launched a $2.5bn (Eu1.84bn, Sfr2.24bn) perpetual non-call 10.5 issue on 11 June, taking advantage of a rallying US market to ...
Credit Suisse, SG hit AT1 tights with Yankees
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Nykredit Realkredit launched the first Tier 2 CoCo out of Denmark on 23 May, a Eu600m (Dkr4.48bn) 22 year non-call seven transaction that was five times oversubscribed and is the issuer’s first CRD IV/CRR-compliant capital ...
Nykredit 5x covered in first Danish T2 CoCo
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